Re: [PATCH] [cygwin|mingw] Correct static lib symbol extraction failure.

[Charles Wilson]

On 9/12/2010 10:25 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Also, $linklib is used for several other things.  It would seem prudent
> to make sure it is clear that this is a very intrusive patch, or use
> another helper variable to make it less intrusive.

Oh, I think linklib was *wrong* no matter what.  If you requested static
(either via -static, -all-static, or -static-libtool-libs), AND you have
an $old_library name...then by golly you ARE going to link against that
$old_library.

So, when assigning $linklib, you really should take into consideration
all those factors.  Prior to this patch, $linklib was always set to the
last element of $library_names -- and was only set to $old_library if
there WERE no dynamic libs, and all you HAD was the static lib.  It
didn't care about the various -static options AT ALL.

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Chuck