Re: [PATCH 14/24] libtool.m4: fix nm BSD flag detection

2023-08-07 Thread Nick Alcock via Gcc-patches
On 7 Aug 2023, Jeff Law uttered the following: > On 8/7/23 04:32, Arsen Arsenović via Gcc-patches wrote: >> From: Nick Alcock >> Libtool needs to get BSD-format (or MS-format) output out of the system >> nm, so that it can scan generated object files for symbol names for >> -export-symbols-regex

Re: [PATCH 14/24] libtool.m4: fix nm BSD flag detection

2023-08-07 Thread Jeff Law via Gcc-patches
On 8/7/23 04:32, Arsen Arsenović via Gcc-patches wrote: From: Nick Alcock Libtool needs to get BSD-format (or MS-format) output out of the system nm, so that it can scan generated object files for symbol names for -export-symbols-regex support. Some nms need specific flags to turn on BSD-fo

[PATCH 14/24] libtool.m4: fix nm BSD flag detection

2023-08-07 Thread Arsen Arsenović via Gcc-patches
From: Nick Alcock Libtool needs to get BSD-format (or MS-format) output out of the system nm, so that it can scan generated object files for symbol names for -export-symbols-regex support. Some nms need specific flags to turn on BSD-formatted output, so libtool checks for this in its AC_PATH_NM.