Hi! On Mon, 2026-01-12 at 23:29:00 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > diff --git i/man/dpkg-buildflags.pod w/man/dpkg-buildflags.pod > index 7a759eb7a..9f1fc3d6c 100644 > --- i/man/dpkg-buildflags.pod > +++ w/man/dpkg-buildflags.pod > @@ -322,11 +322,15 @@ Since dpkg 1.17.7. > =item B<LDFLAGS> > > Options passed to the host compiler when linking executables or shared > -objects (if the linker is called directly, then > -B<-Wl> > -and > -B<,> > -have to be stripped from these options). > +objects. > + > +If the linker is called directly > +(a discouraged practice in the common case, > +unless necessary for low level projects), > +then only the B<-o>, B<--output>, B<-l>, B<-L>, B<-f>, B<-Wl> options and > +their arguments should be passed over, > +with B<-Wl> getting stripped and B<,> in its arguments replaced with spaces. > + > Default value: empty. > > =item B<ASFLAGS_FOR_BUILD>
Sorry, I think -f should probably be omitted from there (as I think at least GNU ld ignores those options anyway?), otherwise it should be made conditional to being passed only when -shared is passed, but that starts to be too much detail for my taste. Thanks, Guillem
