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Re: TODO
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Jacob Meuser |
Subject: |
Re: TODO |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:15:12 -0800 |
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Mutt/1.4.2i |
On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 03:02:55PM +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 17:19 -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > >> Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Doesn't this patch cause Linux to be more equal than other operating
> > >>> systems, thereby causing free applications to be developed which won't
> > >>> work anywhere else?
> > >
> > > No, it just shortens the link line on platforms that support that.
> >
> > The point of my statement is that many applications are developed
> > solely under Linux, but the authors expect them to be portable because
> > they use autotools and standard APIs. It seems that the shortened
> > link line will allow developers to not list the dependencies which are
> > necessary on some other platforms.
> >
> Actually, I'd say the opposite is true ... the LONGER link line,
> produced by the current Libtool, is what allows people to get away with
> this because Libtool puts more stuff into the link line.
>
> A shorter, more concise, link line actually forces people to make sure
> they *do* link anything they require themselves, rather than relying on
> Libtool to do the right thing for them.
but where does the problem show up? on !Linux, because Linux will
"do the right thing".
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- Re: TODO, (continued)
- Re: TODO, Gary V. Vaughan, 2004/11/15
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/15
- Re: TODO, Jacob Meuser, 2004/11/15
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/15
- Re: TODO, Jacob Meuser, 2004/11/15
- Re: TODO, Scott James Remnant, 2004/11/16
- Re: TODO,
Jacob Meuser <=
- Re: TODO, Scott James Remnant, 2004/11/16
- Re: TODO, Jacob Meuser, 2004/11/16
- Re: TODO, Ralf Wildenhues, 2004/11/17
- Re: TODO, Jacob Meuser, 2004/11/17
- Re: TODO, Ralf Wildenhues, 2004/11/16
- Re: TODO, Joe Orton, 2004/11/15
- Re: TODO, Scott James Remnant, 2004/11/15
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/15
- Re: TODO, Daniel Reed, 2004/11/15
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/15