On 03-10-2009 23:27:41 +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote:
> The amount of pkgs in tree with valid code that fails with asneeded is
> close to zero. We can use this,
>
> if use userland_GNU; then
> append-ldflags -Wl,--no-as-needed
> fi
>
> logic so it won't cause you troubles. Or the obvious shorter && version
> of it.
Not really, because the userland is GNU, the compiler too, but the
linker is not. We once played with a version of append-ldflags that
tested the flag against the linker to see if it would work, but that's
expensive as well as allowing real typos/bugs to go unnoticed.
We currently do either a CHOST check, or call ld to see if it's GNU for
all packages that hardcode -Wl,--{,no-}as-needed usage.
--
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level
