Re: [PATCH] change linux* in AC_DEPLIBS_CHECK_METHOD to pass_all

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Scott James Remnant wrote:
> We trip over this every time we add a new architecture to Debian,
> file_magic just does not do the right thing on Linux leading to broken
> shared libraries (most particularly, GTK+) on some of the more
> interesting architectures.
>
> The only case for file_magic given (glibc <= 2.1.1 on ARM) is believed
> by the ARM buildd maintainer to be an invalid one -- especially given
> that the same file_magic breaks current ARM Linux.  (He also points out
> that, to his knowledge, the only Linux ARM distribution to ever ship
> glibc <= 2.1.1 was Debian, and we stopped doing that a LONG time ago).
>
> We've been shipping Debian libtool (both 1.4 and 1.5) with this patch
> for some time, and never encountered a problem.  It effectively brings
> linux* to the same state as gnu* -- use pass_all for everything.
>
> I've written the patch to keep the older code, as is done in a few other
> places in the same macro, overriding with pass_all afterwards.

Applied to HEAD, and considering your good arguments to branch-1-5.
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