Re: libtool dropping -static-libgcc from LDFLAGS

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Charles,

* address@hidden wrote on Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 04:06:25PM CET:
> This was reported several years ago
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libtool/2005-10/msg00004.html
> but AFAICT was never resolved.
> 
> Yesterday, we ran into the problem again over on the cygwin list:
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-02/msg00202.html
> 
> I suggested that Corinna attempt Ralf's workaround from 2005-Oct
> (namely, configure using CC='gcc -static-libgcc'), which worked.  Ralf,
> any ETA on that patch from 2005? <g>

Which patch?  I see no reference to a patch in those messages.
;-)

> Also, I imagine that mingw would need a similar fix so that
> '-shared-libgcc' is not stripped from LDFLAGS.  And, in the name of
> consistency, probably all the other -static-lib* and -shared-lib*
> switches...

I don't see where this has anything particular to do with either Cygwin
nor MinGW.

A fix for this should probably allow -shared-* and -static-* through,
but also make sure that picked-up dependencies from deplibs and from
postdeps don't contain those which aren't desired.  Ideally with a
testsuite test.

Thanks,
Ralf
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