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