Bug 226863 (append-ldflags-libs)

Summary:	[TRACKER] Ebuild passing libraries through append-ldflags
Product:	Quality Assurance	Reporter:	Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) <flameeyes>
Component:	Trackers	Assignee:	Gentoo Quality Assurance Team <qa>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	dlan, esigra, gengor, jer, n-roeser, please.no.spam.here, sam
Priority:	High	Keywords:	Tracker
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	226865, 226869, 226871, 226873, 226875, 226877, 226879, 226881, 226885, 226887, 226889, 226891, 226893, 226895, 226897, 226899, 226901, 226905, 226907, 226909, 226911, 226913, 226915, 226917, 226919, 226921, 226923, 226925, 226927, 226929, 226931, 257996, 276303, 276305, 276307, 276308, 276309
Bug Blocks:	129413

Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-06-14 18:07:38 UTC

I've made append-ldflags throw a warning when libraries are passed through it to link them in.

The reason is that LDFLAGS should _not_ be used for libraries, as it has to be positioned before the list of objects to link together, while libraries should go after.

This mistake in commandline is what causes as-needed to either fail or not apply at all (if LDFLAGS are put at the end).

Please fix your package not to pass libraries through LDFLAGS.

Comment 1 Ed Wildgoose 2009-11-06 18:04:38 UTC

Rather than just saying what is bad, can you please also document the correct way to add additional libraries please? This is the number 1 hit for a google search on this and I'm still no nearer to finding out how I *should* write the ebuild

Thanks

Comment 2 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-11-06 18:08:34 UTC

Bugzilla is not a forums.

Beside, passing libraries depends on a per-package basis.

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2009-11-06 19:48:18 UTC

or ask on the gentoo dev help mailing list