Re: PATCH fixups for proper setting of archive_cmds_need_lc

[Albert Chin]

On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 04:32:27PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Albert Chin wrote:
> 
> >I disagree with treating the C tag specially. No tag should be treated
> >any different than another.
> 
> If you mean this in general (and not just as it relates to this -lc 
> issue), then there's this comment from when I originally folded stuff 
> into the AC_LIBTOOL_POSTDEP_PREDEP function
> 
>         (AC_LIBTOOL_POSTDEP_PREDEP): new function.
>         moved the "find hidden library dependencies" code here
>         from AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_CXX_CONFIG.  Attempted to make it
>         multi-tag compatible, but currently only CXX calls it.

Yes, in general. I also know that the C tag is currently treated
differently. However, I'd like to keep the current special treatment
to a minimum.

> I think AC_LIBTOOL_POSTDEP_PREDEP has gotten its shakedown, but there 
> are other changes needed in the "C" codepath before C can be treated 
> like C++/other tags.
> 
> OTOH, that may be too radical a change to contemplate this "close" to a 
> release.  If we are, in fact, close. <g>

Actually, now would be a good time.

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albert chin (address@hidden)