Re: MacOS X nested functions in libtool library

[Peter O'Gorman]

On May 29, 2007, at 12:47 AM, Bill Northcott wrote:

> I am trying to build a libtool library containing nested functions  
> on MacOS X Intel.
>
> The project is using Autoconf 2.59, Automake 1.9.6 and Libtool 1.5.22.
>
> Adding '-fnested-functions' to the CFLAGS stops the compiler  
> barfing.  However as per Apple Tech note http://developer.apple.com/ 
> technotes/tn2006/tn2161.html it is also necessary to add -fnested- 
> functions or an equivalent ld flag to the compiler link command.   
> Without this flag, the linker defaults to disable_stack_execute on  
> i386 and the library crashes at runtime.
>
> Adding -fnested-functions to libfoo_la_LDFLAGS does not work  
> because libtool strips it out before invoking gcc.
>
> Is there a way around this or an actual fix?

LDFLAGS=-Wl,-allow_stack_execute does not work?

Peter
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