[Fedora-packaging] Re: libtool(.la) archive policy proposal

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Oct  5, 2006, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 02:15:58AM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> On Oct  2, 2006, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net> wrote:
>> 
>> > So, if libtool were to simply ignore dependency_libs when building
>> > against shared libs wouldn't that solve all issues?
>> 
>> Nope, it would only solve the common case.
>> 
>> It is perfectly possible for a dynamic library to depend on a
>> static-only library.  And it's even possible to create other dynamic
>> libraries out of that, if the static-only library is PIC or the
>> platform can handle non-PIC in dynamic libraries.

> So? That's not a problem with the mentioned patch.

Ignoring dependency_libs would break the following case:

- libA.la, static only, provides symbol A

- libB.la is linked with libA but doesn't bring in symbol A

- program links with libB rightfully expecting it to provide a
definition for A

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