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Re: [PATCH] OpenBSD -pthread fix
From: |
Bob Friesenhahn |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] OpenBSD -pthread fix |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:11:57 -0500 (CDT) |
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Peter O'Gorman wrote:
> > ;;
> > + -pthread)
> > + deplibs="$deplib $deplibs"
> > + continue
> > + ;;
>
> Hi,
> I think this needs a little more discussion. Older versions of libtool
> put all kinds of things into dependency_libs, although we could add
> individual flags like this to accept them, I don't believe it is
> appropriate.
>
> So the question is:
> Should we just ignore unknown stuff in dependency_libs (perhaps issue a
> warning), or just take the flags and pass them through to the linker,
> assuming they are okay?
If options like -pthread are not passed through then the link may fail
or produce the wrong result since -pthread may secretly add libraries,
or change the entire library selection logic. I have developed for an
OS (LynxOS) which provided a completely different set of libraries if
-pthread was specified.
Bob
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