Re: Compiler/Linker flags

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Christopher Hulbert wrote:

> It seems that libtool is set up to strip unrecognized flags unless
> using something like -Wc,flag.  Can anyone give me a brief answer as
> to why? I often find myself going through hoops to get flags past

The reason for the odd behavior is that libtool needs to know which 
options should be applied to the compiler, and which should be applied 
to the linker.  Only libtool knows if the compiler is used for 
linking, or if the system linker is used to link.  If the system 
linker is used to link, then only linker options are safe to apply.

Bob
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