On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 13:22:11 +0100 Andreas Fink <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 11:06:52 +0000 > James Le Cuirot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 11:55:46 +0100 > > Andreas Fink <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > I have a question to the patch provided by the package > > > app-portage/elt-patches, namely the file as-needed/2.4.3 > > > > > > Here I can see the following being added to ltmain.sh: > > > + -Wl,--as-needed|-Wl,--no-as-needed) > > > + deplibs="$deplibs $arg" > > > + continue > > > + ;; > > > + > > > > > > In my understanding the order must be the opposite otherwise it has > > > no effect to $deplibs, i.e. the line should be deplibs="$arg > > > $deplibs". > > > > It's been like that in every version of the patch so it's probably > > like that for a reason though I don't know what that reason is. This > > is interesting as I gather the whole reason for the patch is that an > > unpatched libtool inserts the flag in the wrong place. > > > > Should I file a bug for this behaviour, or is this correct behaviour? I'm hoping someone more knowledgable will comment but everyone (except me!) is at FOSDEM at the moment. -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer
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