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Re: Compiling some packages fails when using -flto with the new gcc-4.5.


From: Piotr Juźwiak
Subject: Re: Compiling some packages fails when using -flto with the new gcc-4.5.0
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:17:38 +0200
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On Tuesday 15 of June 2010 23:53:18 you wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > Yes, errors like this are due to the missing support for -
flto in
> > Libtool.
> > 
> > I started a patch series for fixing Libtool:
> > 
<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtool.general/10794/focus=10808
> > > 
<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtool.patches/9767>
> > but so far, only one of the four patches got merged.  
Some still
> > needs further work, some still need review.
> > 
> > For example, my fellow maintainers could review these:
> > 
<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtool.general/10794/focus=9769>
> > 
<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtool.general/10810>
> 
> Enough time has passed that you could simply commit 
these patches if
> you want to do so.  I don't see anything sloppy about the 
patches
> which would cause any concern.  I doubt that any of us are 
in a
> position to anticipate the full outcome from the patches.  
The patches
> are not without a degree of risk, but it seems to me that 
the demand
> for testing (particularly the $pic_flag patch) will not be 
satisified
> unless the patches are in the mainline libtool code. The 
urgency for a
> new libtool release has now abated so this is as good a time 
as any to
> apply the patches so that proper testing can ensue.
> 
> Bob

That would be VERY preferable since i wouldn't have to patch 
them out of the main portage tree and would just use the SVN 
version. 



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