https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=78698
--- Comment #3 from Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu dot com> --- On 07.12.2016 17:06, egall at gwmail dot gwu.edu wrote: > Note that some package managers automatically delete .la files as part of the > installation process. I suppose it'd just fall through to the compile-and-link > tests in that case, though, which might still work... yes, it will. And I think it will still fail a --disable-shared build without having a libgc.la. The alternative would be to run the to-be-generated LIBTOOL_COMPILE and LIBTOOL_LINK in the configure file. But I couldn't find any references how that could be done.
