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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 12:40:33 -0400
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Subject: Re: -lc and -lm
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In-Reply-To: <20000908160935.8085.qmail@web116.yahoomail.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 09:09:34AM -0700

On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 09:09:34AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>Ah, that would be problematic.  So the solution:
>
>1) modify ld?
>
>2) modify the package configuration so that autoreconf will not add -lc or -lm
>for the cygwin target?
>
>3) live with it and deal with it on an individual bases?
>
>Item 1 is the ideal; but, may be impractical.  Item 2 is doable but would take
>years to get all of the package configurations modified.  Item 3 is what we
>have now and IMO is not an acceptable solution.

I would gladly comment on these solutions if I actually understood what
problems they were trying to address.

cgf