Re: per-deplib static/dynamic flags

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Albert Chin wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 10:28:52PM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > - Should the corresponding libtool flags be named `-Bstatic' resp.
> >   `-Bdynamic'?  Those were the most common names I could find, but IMHO
> >   they are not very self-explanatory for users not used to them.
>
> -prefer-static, -prefer-dynamic/-prefer-shared? The -Bxxx doesn't seem
> similar with current libtool options.

At least for the static case, I would prefer the link to entirely fail 
if a static library is requested but one can not be found.  Usually 
there is a very important reason to use a static library if it has 
specifically been requested.  So the wording should not be 'prefer' 
for the static case.  I agree that the -B syntax does not fit the 
style of other libtool options (but does match many linkers).

Bob
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