Re: Add hppa*64* support to libtool (HEAD branch)

[John David Anglin]

> Ross's patch won't work. Dependency libraries are one failure. I have
> some queries on the main libtool list (and would *really* appreciate
> followup on the queries). I do have a working libtool for the 1.4
> branch for hppa64 based on the work Ross did. I'll try to look into
> merging my changes with Ross's for the 1.5 branch.

I'll take a look.  This is currently a problem in gcc in that constructors
/destructors don't run in dependent libraries with the GNU linker.  We
don't have a way to determine the dependencies that works in all cases.
I am testing a patch now to use the +init/+fini switches to run constructors
on the 32-bit port with the HP linker.  This can also be used on hppa64
with the HP linker.  I would like to get the GNU linker enhanced so this
will work as well with it.  With this in place, I don't think it will
be necessary for libtool to search for dependencies beyond the executable
or shared library.  ldd should work with executables linked with the HP
linker.  If I recall correctly, it doesn't like GNU linked executables
although it will work on shared libraries.

Is the above relevant to the libtool situation?

Dave
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