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From: Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: --as-needed to default LDFLAGS (Was: RFC: Should preserve-libs be enabled by default?)
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 02:01:29
Message-Id: 20080531020124.GD6931@seldon.metaweb.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: --as-needed to default LDFLAGS (Was: RFC: Should preserve-libs be enabled by default?) by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 02:50:20AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Fri, 30 May 2008 18:43:56 -0700
3 > Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote:
4 > > So... folks have pointed out a benefit to using --as-needed.
5 >
6 > But they haven't. They've pointed out a flaw in libtool that is sort of
7 > worked around sometimes at the expense of breaking things by using
8 > as-needed.
9
10 > The correct solution is to fix libtool., but that's evidently
11 > beyond the abilities of people who're only interested in increasing
12 > their epenis size by throwing more silly options in config files.
13
14 Then go do it. You don't like the solution folks favor because you
15 view another as more "correct and proper", either put up, or shut up.
16
17 Meanwhile, obviously w/ the exemption of you and your "epenis"
18 insults, most other folk don't seem to mind this approach as at least
19 an interim solution- so again I ask, where are the stats stating the
20 sky shall fall?
21
22 ~harring

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: --as-needed to default LDFLAGS (Was: RFC: Should preserve-libs be enabled by default?) Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>