Re: link_all_deplibs

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Christoph,

* Christoph Wellner wrote on Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 04:07:21PM CET:
> 
> i have trouble starting my application since I get undefined references.  
> As source I determined the variable "link_all_deplibs_CXX" wich is  
> explicitly set to 'no' in libtool.m4.
> I'm running libtool-1.5.6 under debian Sarge and the problem is, that the  
> libtool.m4-file is different from the one that comes with the  
> libtool-distribution from the homepage.

Yes.  Debian is AFAIK the only distribution that ever sets
link_all_deplibs to no on linux.

> My question is, can I set the value of "link_all_deplibs_CXX" by hand, eg  
> as option in the commandline?

You can either change `libtool.m4' and/or whereever the package you are
talking about stores its m4 macros then rebuild the package or you can
change generated `libtool' -- look for all instances of

link_all_deplibs=yes

and set them to `unknown' or `no' (one at the beginning and several ones
at the end, one for each language -- search for
 ### BEGIN LIBTOOL TAG CONFIG: CXX
).

You could also tell us what specific problem you have encountered, so we
can warn against it or help you (the Debian maintainer usually reads
this list as well :)  or maybe just fix the package you are trying to
build.

Regards,
Ralf