Re: -no-undefined on Win32

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2014, Evgeny Grin wrote:
> > Libtool always defaults to successful compilation and link, to the
> > maximum extent possible.
>
> That's nice, leave it to compiler and linker. If something can be compiled and 
> linked, it will be compiled and linked. If it can't be, then compiler or linker 
> will fail. Why giving up before even try?

The GNU/Autoconf philosophy has always been that if software 
configures successfully that there should be a very high probability 
that the sofware will compile and work.  Success at compiling on 
several platforms should indicate that it is highly likely to also 
compile on other platforms (including platforms that the package 
authors don't have access to).

If the software fails to compile, or fails to work, there is 
substantial possibility that the user won't know how to solve the 
problem.

Bob
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