Re: [patch #9687] bugfix: make -export-dynamic imply --whole-archive

On Sun, 21 Nov 2021, Alex Ameen wrote: Overall I think we're on the same page. I understand that `libtool' is ultimately intended to provide cross-platform consistency as a portability wrapper around each platform's various compilers, linkers, and loaders. It is certainly not my intention to

Re: [patch #9687] bugfix: make -export-dynamic imply --whole-archive

Howdy Bob, I totally agree with you. `libtool' definitely should not be creating solutions that only work with a particular linker in mind, and at a high level I think it should ultimately work to provide a sense of consistency across a variety of linkers. In this case my concern is about

Re: [patch #9687] bugfix: make -export-dynamic imply --whole-archive

On Sat, 20 Nov 2021, Alex Ameen wrote: Thanks for the follow up, this gave me a much clearer idea of the underlying issue that you're trying to solve. I really do appreciate you taking the time to help improve `libtool'. You're absolutely right that `libtool' completely bungles the use of

Re: [patch #9687] bugfix: make -export-dynamic imply --whole-archive

Thanks for the follow up, this gave me a much clearer idea of the underlying issue that you're trying to solve. I really do appreciate you taking the time to help improve `libtool'. You're absolutely right that `libtool' completely bungles the use of `--whole-archive' and `--no-whole-archive'

[patch #9687] bugfix: make -export-dynamic imply --whole-archive

Follow-up Comment #2, patch #9687 (project libtool): Well, it's now 3 years later, and my memory of details on this is pretty much gone, but let's try. No warranty on anything here, I'm trying to reconstruct. [comment #1 comment #1:] > Could you maybe elaborate on your use case? Perhaps there's

[patch #9687] bugfix: make -export-dynamic imply --whole-archive

Update of patch #9687 (project libtool): Status:None => Need Info Assigned to:None => growpotkin ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Could you maybe

[patch #9687] bugfix: make -export-dynamic imply --whole-archive

URL: Summary: bugfix: make -export-dynamic imply --whole-archive Project: GNU Libtool Submitted by: equinox Submitted on: Tue 04 Sep 2018 01:56:34 PM CEST Category: None