Re: Preloading without .la

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Pierre,

* Pierre Ossman wrote on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 04:57:56PM CET:
> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:41:31 +0100 Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > * Pierre Ossman wrote on Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:57:23AM CET:
> > > For a reminder, the problem is that libltdl mangles library names for
> > > the preload table, but libtool does not, resulting it being impossible
> > > to look up things.
> > > 
> > > Also, some programs expect the library names in the preload table to be
> > > unmangled so we need to change libltdl to stop doing that.
> > 
> > We need testsuite coverage for both of these issues, and a NEWS entry.
> > I can't judge yet whether this patch has the potential for causing
> > regressions for some users.
> 
> I think I concluded that it was impossible to load modules where the
> name had been mangled, so there should be no regressions. I'll have
> another look though and try to fix some test case.

Are you still working on adding a test case for this patch?

Thanks,
Ralf