Re: Recent patch to pass through unrecognized options in CVS HEAD

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> No, I was recommending that we keep the patches to pass through unknown
> options, since that leaves only one problematic case: unknown options with
> arguments.  Before the patch *all* unknown options were stopped, and we
> would be back in that situation if we revert.
>
> Are _you_ saying you want to keep the patch? Or do you want to revert it
> too?

Unfortunately, options with argument are normal in the POSIX world so 
we can expect (and already know) that non-GCC compilers will have many 
options which accept arguments.  Our #1 priority should be to ensure 
that the compiler still compiles when driven by libtool.  If libtool 
disects options and passes parts through incorrectly then the compiler 
will no longer compile.  It is better to reject/ignore the entire 
option if it would otherwise not be passed correctly.

Bob
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