Re: [bug-gnulib] gettext: -lintl if necessary

[Paul Eggert]

Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

> I'd like to avoid that gnulib ends up just dumping all needed
> libraries into one variable, forcing gnulib users to bite and link
> against them all or use $as_needed (whatever it's called): the
> choice whether it's useful or not should clearly be put to the
> package in question, not dictated by the gnulib modules.

OK, though if coreutils starts taking --as-needed seriously (it
doesn't yet) then it will be more likely that its Make rules will
specify libraries not always needed (since coreutils won't care),
which will mean other gnulib users will have to take some
responsibility to trim the libraries down to the minimum in the Make
rules.  But this shouldn't lead to serious problems, just suboptimal
linking.

> BTW, are the bugs wrt. as-needed fixed on all systems now?

Sorry, I don't know.  I don't know what the bugs were.  Would they
have affected coreutils?