Re: Autoconf fix Darwin/MacOS X Fortran

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Bill,

* Bill Northcott wrote on Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 09:59:40AM CEST:
> In lib/autoconf/fortran.m4  (v2.60 and cvs) there is a macro  
> _AC_FC_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS which  defines FLIBS for linking Fortran code.

> Darwin/MacOS X also include elements of the C library in  
> libgcc_s.dylib and libSystem.dylib.  While including -lSystem in the  
> link command seems to be harmless, including -lgcc_s can cause large  
> links to fail. 

Could you expand on why and how the links fail, and why just large(?)
links?  Preferably, show some link command plus error output.

> Neither is necessary because ld automatically  includes them.

Thanks,
Ralf