Re: lib-ignore: link error with Sun C++ compiler

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible wrote:
>> * Bruno Haible wrote on Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:52:25PM CET:
>> >    lib-ignore: Determine different options for different compilers.
>> >    * m4/lib-ignore.m4 (gl_IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES): Set a variable which
>> >    depends on the current language (C/C++/Fortran). Don't set LDFLAGS.
>> >    Add comments.
>> >    (_gl_IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_OPTIONS): New macro.
>> >    * NEWS: Mention the change.
>
> I've committed this patch now, including Ralf's comments about libtool, below.
>
> Jim, for coreutils, I propose this patch:
>
> =============================================================================
> 2010-03-28  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>
>
>       Update after change in gnulib's lib-ignore module.
>       * src/Makefile.am (AM_LDFLAGS): New variable.
>
> --- src/Makefile.am.orig      Sun Mar 28 11:31:05 2010
> +++ src/Makefile.am   Sun Mar 28 11:30:27 2010
> @@ -170,6 +170,9 @@
>  noinst_LIBRARIES = libver.a
>  nodist_libver_a_SOURCES = version.c version.h
>
> +# Tell the linker to omit references to unused shared libraries.
> +AM_LDFLAGS = $(IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS)

Thanks, Bruno.
I've pushed that, along with the analogous one to grep,
now that both projects are using updated gnulib.