Re: FYI: libtool--devo--1.0--patch-195

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Peter,

On 29 Aug 2005, at 15:52, Peter O'Gorman wrote:
> Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > Gah!  I'm lost... These are connected somehow? :-(
>
> heheh, Hi Gary, sorry.

No problem.

> I'm attempting to remove unneeded loops, in case you hadn't guessed  
> and I noticed this:
>        # The preopen pass in lib mode reverses $deplibs; put it  
> back here
>        # so that -L comes before libs that need it for instance...
>       if test "$linkmode,$pass" = "lib,link"; then
>        ## FIXME: Find the place where the list is rebuilt in the wrong
>        ##        order, and fix it there properly
>         tmp_deplibs=
>        for deplib in $deplibs; do
>          tmp_deplibs="$deplib $tmp_deplibs"
>        done
>        deplibs="$tmp_deplibs"
>       fi
>
> Which you committed in September last year (the patch was from  
> Andreas). I was annoyed because our testsuite does not cover this  
> case and removal of this code shows no changes in test results.  
> Therefore I cannot remove this code :(

Ah, I see. :-(

If you want to work on this stuff, and I can't persuade you to help  
us tackle
the last few showstoppers against 2.0 for the next few weeks instead,  
why not
grab a copy of arch, and make a branch off my CVS mirror.  I can easily
cherry pick your changes and gateway them back into CVS post-release  
that way --
and you're not left juggling a zillion private trees (is that a  
nature reserve?).

> It has no bearing whatever on recent activities :)

Okay.  Thanks.

Cheers,
    Gary.
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