Re: Bug#485421: With icc, libtool tries -KPIC (removed option) instead of -fPIC

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Vincent Lefevre wrote on Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:32:08PM CEST:
> On 2008-06-18 22:31:49 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > +     icpc* )
> > +       # Intel C++, used to be incompatible with GCC.
> > +       # ICC 10 doesn't accept -KPIC any more.
> >         _LT_TAGVAR(lt_prog_compiler_wl, $1)='-Wl,'
> >         _LT_TAGVAR(lt_prog_compiler_pic, $1)='-KPIC'
>                                                   ^^^^^
> Shouldn't it be '-fPIC'?

Yes, thanks for proofreading.

> Unfortunately I can't try the patch on the same machine because the
> icc license has expired a few days ago (it was just an evaluation
> version). However I have access to another machine with icc installed;
> this is a different version, but it's also a version that doesn't
> accept -KPIC, so I assume the test will be significant.

I've applied the patch with the above fixed now.  I'll find a system or
a person to test this for me.

Cheers,
Ralf