Re: Ignore hardcode_direct=yes if results in static lib entry

[Albert Chin]

On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 05:17:54PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 05:11:46PM CEST:
> > Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > >* Albert Chin wrote on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 03:18:09AM CEST:
> > >
> > >>The following patch addresses
> > >>http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2006-04/msg00044.html. I
> > >>added a new variable, hardcode_direct_static, to indicate if
> > >>hardcode_direct=yes would hardcode a static library dependency. This
> > >>impacts HP-UX/PA and AIX.
> 
> > >This patch is missing a documentation update (doc/libtool.texi).
> > 
> > I'll commit one presently.
> 
> Thanks.  It would be great if you could explain that "static library
> dependency" does _not_ have to do with static libraries at all -- what
> a confusing name IMHO!  Maybe we should think of a better one.  Is that
> what HP-UX is using in their documentation?

I couldn't find a name for this in the HP documentation so I made
something up :) However, the output of 'chatr' has 'static' in the
type of the DT_NEEDED line so that's where I came up with the name.

-- 
albert chin (address@hidden)