Re: libtool searches '.' by default (was: unexpected emergence of --whole-archive)

[Matěj Týč]

> > It seems that the current build directory is implicitly passed as an
> > -L. flag to the libtool-supervised linker
> 
> No.  Well, first off, until this message of yours, I didn't know that
> /home/bubla/projects/devil_modular/lib/ was the current build directory.
> 
> Hmm.  This line in ltmain.m4sh:func_mode_link is suspicious:
>     lib_search_path=`pwd`
You are right. Doing as you have suggested eliminates the trouble.
The trouble can be actually quite frustrating if you use a convenience
library that has the same name as a system library you would like to
link to. The first build is somehow OK, but rebuilds fail.

> It was added sometime during the ild-branch; details seem to be lost in
> the git history, so I can't tell whether it was added to fix some bug or
> so (but I'd have some qualms to remove it without further investigation).
> Does replacing it with lib_search_path="" fix the issue for you?
Yes, sir!

Thank you,
Matej