Re: FYI: libtool--devo--1.0--patch-195

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Peter,

More context please :-)

On 29 Aug 2005, at 15:36, Peter O'Gorman wrote:
> Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > Applied to HEAD.

Referring to this?

* config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link) <cwrappersource>: Add
missing bit from Christoph's patch.

> from  Andreas Schwab  <address@hidden>
>
>     The dlpreopen pass over libraries reverses the elements in the
>     $deplibs list.  This causes problems when the link pass tries to
>     find libraries when they are located in non-standard places
>     denoted by -L options.  Due to the reversed order these -L options
>     occur after the libraries that need them, and they are not found:
>
>     * config/ltmain.in: (Un)Reverse $deplibs list at the start of the
>     link pass in lib mode.
>
> Yes, this was a year ago. Sorry to reply to such an ancient commit,  
> but it really needs a testcase, all tests pass with this patch  
> removed, that is not a good thing.

Gah!  I'm lost... These are connected somehow? :-(

Cheers,
    Gary.
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