Re: TODO

[Scott James Remnant]

On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 17:19 -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> >> Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Doesn't this patch cause Linux to be more equal than other operating
> >>> systems, thereby causing free applications to be developed which won't
> >>> work anywhere else?
> >
> > No, it just shortens the link line on platforms that support that.
> 
> The point of my statement is that many applications are developed 
> solely under Linux, but the authors expect them to be portable because 
> they use autotools and standard APIs.  It seems that the shortened 
> link line will allow developers to not list the dependencies which are 
> necessary on some other platforms.
> 
Actually, I'd say the opposite is true ... the LONGER link line,
produced by the current Libtool, is what allows people to get away with
this because Libtool puts more stuff into the link line.

A shorter, more concise, link line actually forces people to make sure
they *do* link anything they require themselves, rather than relying on
Libtool to do the right thing for them.

Scott
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