Re: [PATCH] [cygwin|mingw] Correct static lib symbol extraction failure.

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 04:20:13PM CEST:
> * Charles Wilson wrote on Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 03:19:51PM CEST:
> > * libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link): When prefer_static_libs,
> > ensure old_library name is used as linklib when possible.

> Why does the patch have "[cygwin|mingw]" in the summary?  It changes a
> code path that is shared by most systems out there, no?  I'd rather see
> a 'Fixes foo on Cygwin and MinGW' in the details, so that when searching
> the summary log later, this patch isn't mistaken for a w32-only one.

Also, $linklib is used for several other things.  It would seem prudent
to make sure it is clear that this is a very intrusive patch, or use
another helper variable to make it less intrusive.

Cheers,
Ralf