Re: Splitting dependency_libs in *.la?

[Albert Chin]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 08:16:47AM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Albert Chin wrote:
> 
> > I don't see how libtool can intelligently decide the minimum set of
> > libraries needed to satisfy the link.
> 
> pkgconfig has both
> Libs = 
> Libs.private =
> The latter being for private and/or static linking.  libtool needs something
> similar to pkgconfig's Libs.private.
> 
> This, coupled with setting link_all_deplibs=no in the non-static
> case (ie, see the debian patch referenced earlier in this thread),
> should pretty much do the trick, afaict.

And how do you handle the inherited_linker_flags variable in .la files?

There seems to be a pkg-config competitor as well:
  https://realityforge.vrsource.org/view/FlagPoll/WebHome

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albert chin (address@hidden)