Re: [PATCH] OpenBSD -pthread fix

[Peter O'Gorman]

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> 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.

So -pthread needs special treatment, fair enough. As far as I know 
(haven't checked) -pthread does not get put into dependency_libs by 
current cvs libtool, if it requires special treatment, it ought to be 
written there as well as read and passed through to the linker. Correct?

Peter