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Re: libtool and gcc -m*
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Albert Chin |
Subject: |
Re: libtool and gcc -m* |
Date: |
Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:35:57 -0500 |
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On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 05:01:18PM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Albert Chin wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 03:00:28PM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > > I now have a simple fix that allows -m64 to be passed through libtool
> > > to the compiler to create 64-bit shared libraries under Solaris.
> > > However, I am wondering if perhaps libtool should pass all gcc -m*
> > > options for all targets since these options may influence which
> > > libraries are used, or which startup objects are used. It seems wrong
> > > of libtool to make assumptions about this.
> >
> > How about libtool passing through *any* option it doesn't recognize.
> > Actually, I thought it already did this but I guess I'm wrong.
>
> It wouldn't have done this in the past because it used to invoke the
> linker directly. Now it links via the compiler so it could pass
> options through to the link stage.
So can you change your patch to do this? That way we're not
susceptible to similar problems in the future.
--
albert chin (address@hidden)