On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 08:18:23 -0400 Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> With LD set to something libtooly in the > environment, the pari build fails. We can solve that by unsetting LD in > the ebuild, but for that to be The Right Thing To Do, we should be > expecting LD to contain something libtooly, and thus something > inappropriate to be passed to the pari build. > > To avoid these issues, I suggest creating a list of "Gentoo environment > variables" in the devmanual with descriptions of how they should be used > and pointers to the references (for why we chose that meaning). That way > a user can export LD, for example, and know that it will be used how he > thinks it will be used. That LD problem is not unique to Pari, ftr. Its a problem in *all* Perl things that involve C parts. Because Perl code expects "LD" to be a "CCLD", and passes flags a CCLD would expect, which LD can't handle.
pgpasaW8H6QqH.pgp
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
