[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #61576] [octave forge] (ltfat) Set LDFLAGS

[Markus Mützel]

URL:
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                 Summary: [octave forge] (ltfat) Set LDFLAGS
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mmuetzel
            Submitted on: Sun 28 Nov 2021 08:25:04 PM CET
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Build Failure
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Support for settings LFLAGS with mkoctfile will be removed in a future version
of Octave. It was a misnomer and should have been called LDFLAGS from the
start.

Unfortunately, LDFLAGS are added too early by mkoctfile in the command line
arguments for the linker. That means LDFLAGS don't work correctly in some
packages for Octave 6 and earlier. That will hopefully be fixed in time for
Octave 7. See bug #61571.

For the time being, it would probably be best if packages set both LFLAGS and
LDFLAGS to be able to compile with older and newer versions of Octave.
Packages should remove setting LFLAGS, once they no longer support Octave 6 or
earlier.

I'll attach a patch that does that for the package ltfat as soon as I'll have
a bug number.





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