[gentoo-dev] Checking if a package respects LDFLAGS

[Keri Harris]

Hi,

Is there a recommended method for testing if a package respects LDFLAGS?

Arch testers are encouraged to add -Wl,--hash-style=gnu to LDFLAGS 
[1],[2] and portage uses scanelf to check for .hash sections. However it 
appears that ld defaults to using a .gnu.hash section:

$ touch test.c
$ gcc -o libtest.so -shared test.c
$ scanelf -qyRF '#k%p' -k .hash libtest.so
$ scanelf -qyRF '#k%p' -k .gnu.hash libtest.so
libtest.so

Maybe I'm missing something obvious.


Thanks

Keri

[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:AMD64_Arch_Testers
[2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:X86/Arch_Testers_FAQ