Re: [FYI] Cleanup of linux pass_all

[Jacob Meuser]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 03:19:14PM +0100, Gary V.Vaughan wrote:
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> Hi Jacob,
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> On 18 Sep 2004, at 08:28, Jacob Meuser wrote:
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> >Or maybe adopt an old idea from NetBSD.  Instead of using names like
> >libfoo.a for archives built with PIC objects, call it libfoo_pic.a.
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> >Of course, it would take a long time for everyone to adopt that, but 
> >libtool
> >itself could easily adopt such a scheme, which may help speed up it's
> >acceptance ...
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> There is no problem with libtool built libraries, since you can tell 
> whether
> an ar library was made with pic or non-pic objects from the .la file.  
> The difficulty comes when trying to figure out what type of objects 
> non-libtool libraries were built with...

exactly, adding a marker let's you know.

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