Re: How to convince maintainer to use --as-needed?
On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:38:23 Paul Wise wrote:
> The --as-needed flag is a workaround for buggy upstream build systems,
> IMO it should not be used unless the relevant build systems will not
> be fixed any time soon.
Seems like a typical case with GNOME project stuff.
Do you know if there are something what might contribute to potential problems
with --as-needed, like outdated toolchain?
So far we're reluctant to use --as-needed where it may be beneficial because
in theory it might break something. However what's the practical likehood of
that?
Do we know any particular example of --as-needed incompatibility to look into
and analyse?
Regards,
Dmitry.
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