Re: XSParagraph build failure with static libperl

[Gavin Smith]

On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 12:14:04PM -0700, Li Er wrote:
> I tried my build with TEXINFO_XS=debug and it states 'XSParagraph.so loaded',
> so I think it's working well.
> 
> If there's no shared libperl, XS module simply uses the symbols exported
> by the perl binary. I also had a look at debian's perl distribution, it's
> using shared libperl but the XS modules are not linked against it. I think
> it's the default behavior under Linux. I don't know much about Windows,
> however.

Thanks for the explanation.  Maybe the -no-undefined -lperl options 
should only be used on Windows (MinGW or Cygwin).

Various links to older discussions:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2016-01/msg00004.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2016-01/msg00020.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2016-01/msg00075.html

I haven't read through every post in those older discussions.  I expect
the best thing to do is try it and hope for the best.