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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    [gentoo-dev]  Re: RFC: --as-needed to default LDFLAGS (Was: RFC: Should
From:       Duncan <1i5t5.duncan () cox ! net>
Date:       2008-05-31 13:19:27
Message-ID: pan.2008.05.31.13.19.27 () cox ! net
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Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com> posted
20080531040338.26a64f31@snowcone, excerpted below, on  Sat, 31 May 2008
04:03:38 +0100:

> The correct fix is to make libtool only link to dependencies of
> dependencies when doing, for example, static linking. Debian has a
> half-working patch for this that I posted earlier in the thread.

Thanks.  That explanation (mostly snipped for brevity) was a great "plain 
English" explanation for those of us trying to follow along but not 
making any claim to be great programmers or at understanding the depths 
of libtool.

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