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Date:	Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:18:35 -0500
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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CC:	Max Bowsher <maxb AT ukf DOT net>, Ralf Habacker <Ralf DOT Habacker AT freenet DOT de>,
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Subject:	Re: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1
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Charles Wilson wrote:

>> I think that in some cases, libtool tries to do too much. I've run into a
>> number of cases which would have just worked if libtool had passed the
>> arguments to gcc without modification, but it insists on filtering 
>> stuff in
>> complex ways. For example, gcc -print-search-dirs doesn't admit to 
>> searching
>> /usr/lib/w32api, so any attempt to link with a w32api library when
>> cross-compiling with -mno-cygwin (which means the Cygwin-specific hack in
>> libtool.m4 doesn't get activated) fails. Now, admittedly, gcc is probably
>> wrong in not showing all its search dirs correctly, but sometimes I wish
>> libtool trusted the compiler more.
> 
> 
> mebbe. But that's another discussion.

Your larger point is still subject for a (different) discussion, but one 
small issue: a *very* recent patch to libtool CVS allows passing 
arguments to gcc.  so, CC='gcc -mno-cygwin -L/usr/lib/w32api' is okay 
now.  [there was an earlier patch that specifically allowed -mXXXXX 
options; the newer one lets anything go]

However, I tend to just add -L/usr/lib/w32api directly to my spec file 
anyway (although a cross compiler would be subtly different, I know).

--Chuck


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