Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: --as-needed to default LDFLAGS (Was: RFC: Should preserve-libs be enabled by default?)

[Nirbheek Chauhan]

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Ciaran McCreesh
<ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 May 2008 18:43:56 -0700
> Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote:
>> So... folks have pointed out a benefit to using --as-needed.
>
> But they haven't. They've pointed out a flaw in libtool that is sort of
> worked around sometimes at the expense of breaking things by using
> as-needed. The correct solution is to fix libtool, but that's evidently
> beyond the abilities of people who're only interested in increasing
> their epenis size by throwing more silly options in config files.

This is incredible. I have never seen a more logic-lacking and
flamebait reply to a post full of reason and logic.

1) You say the benefits haven't been pointed out, while several posts
have already done so. You seem to be the only one pretending to be
unaware of them.
2) The "expense of breaking things" is completely unqualified in your
post. Here's some context: "expense" is minimal since the problem is
easily fixable, and "breaking things" is the list of bugs on the
tracker bug -- 19 with most of them already having patches that just
need to be committed
3) You say fixing libtool is the correct solution but you don't say
why or explain how. You don't give any information at all, and due to
the non-existant evidence, I am going to take the statement with a
fist of salt.
4) epenis size? Really.

You grabbed one line in his entire post and used it to divert the
conversation's direction from constructive to time-wasting-argument.

Personally, I agree wholeheartedly with what Brian has said. There are
advantages (they've have already been stated earlier), and they far
outweigh the disadvantages (breakages are easily fixable afaict).


~Nirbheek Chauhan who awaits the reply by ciaranm quoting one sentence
from his post and flaming/trolling him
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