Re: gmp-4.0.1: Inter-library dependencies vs. DESTDIR installation

[Christian Cornelssen]

Dear Kevin,

On Sat, 4 May 2002, Kevin Ryde wrote:

> > but the patch is similar to the one for `Makefile.am') to remove
> > `libgmp.la' from the link command for `libgmpxx.la'.
>
> I wonder if that breaks systems like AIX which don't allow undefined
> references when creating shared libraries.  Mind you I don't know if
> C++ shared libraries work at all there.

I first thought of directly integrating the libgmp object files into
libgmpxx.la. This would work in all environments and might allow
optimization of subroutine calls within the library (if the linker
supports that), thereby increasing performance. But I was not sure
about the selection of object files to make. For you, this may be not
too difficult. Perhaps that's an idea.

Best regards,

Christian Cornelssen