Re: pkg-config and static builds

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Indeed.  However, how is that related to my request of having a
>> separate set of linker flags for *static* linking?
> 
> Before libtool could adequately address such a feature, it would
> need to be supported by autoconf and configure scripts based on
> autoconf.  If there are two sets of LDFLAGS then each set should be
> tested to make sure that it works.  Options from pkg-config normally
> feed configure scripts which deliver the final settings to Makefiles
> which build the software.  Libtool is subordinate to both autoconf
> and the makefile (perhaps based on Automake).
> 
> Libtool itself is configured using a set of autoconf macros.

This probably explains why nothing has happened the last five years...

In other words, someone has to step forward, providing patches *at the
same time* for autoconf, automake, and libtool.  Then *maybe* there is
a chance that it gets incorporated.

Sigh.


    Werner