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Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all
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Jacob Meuser |
Subject: |
Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Sep 2004 00:28:37 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.4.2i |
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 02:49:15PM +0100, Philip Blundell wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 11:31 +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > I'm all for having Libtool tell you that you can't link non-PIC code
> > into a shared library on platforms that don't support that -- but that
> > needs to be done by actually checking you're trying to do that, rather
> > than using an incorrect assumption.
>
> It seems that the linker would be in a much better position to diagnose
> attempts to link non-PIC into a DSO than libtool is.
But, isn't that an important function of libtool, to know whether it is
building a proper shared object?
> So, at least where
> GNU ld is used, I think it'd be better for libtool not to try to
> determine compatibility for itself, and instead add that check to ld on
> platforms where it's important.
Or maybe adopt an old idea from NetBSD. Instead of using names like
libfoo.a for archives built with PIC objects, call it libfoo_pic.a.
Of course, it would take a long time for everyone to adopt that, but libtool
itself could easily adopt such a scheme, which may help speed up it's
acceptance ...
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- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, (continued)
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Scott James Remnant, 2004/09/13
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Gary V. Vaughan, 2004/09/13
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Peter O'Gorman, 2004/09/13
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Alexandre Oliva, 2004/09/18
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Alexandre Oliva, 2004/09/15
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Scott James Remnant, 2004/09/16
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Philip Blundell, 2004/09/16
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all,
Jacob Meuser <=
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Gary V . Vaughan, 2004/09/18
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Jacob Meuser, 2004/09/20
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/09/20
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Jacob Meuser, 2004/09/22
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/09/22
- Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all, Jacob Meuser, 2004/09/22