[Bug java/21206] gcj seems not to pass the option to ld correctly

["aph at redhat dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Comment #10 from aph at redhat dot com  2006-02-23 15:41 -------
Subject: Re:  gcj seems not to pass the option to ld correctly

Rainer Emrich writes:
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 > Andrew Haley schrieb:
 > > Rainer Emrich writes:
 > >  > The config.log in libjava has two entries for libiconv:
 > >  > LIBICONV
 > >  > which is
 > >  > LIBICONV='/appl/shared/gnu/Linux/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/libiconv.so
 > >  > -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/appl/shared/gnu/Linux/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib'
 > >  > in my case.
 > >  > 
 > >  > The second is
 > >  > LTLIBICONV
 > >  > which is
 > >  > LTLIBICONV='-L/appl/shared/gnu/Linux/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib -liconv
 > >  > -R/appl/shared/gnu/Linux/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib'
 > >  > in my case.
 > >  > 
 > >  > I changed the libgcj.spec file manually to the second. That seems to
work.
 > >  > So, my conclusion is to change the libgcj.spec.in.
 > >  > The following line:
 > >  > *lib: -lgcj -lm @LIBICONV@ @GCSPEC@ @THREADSPEC@ @ZLIBSPEC@
@SYSTEMSPEC@
 > >  > %(libgcc) %(liborig)
 > >  >  should be changed to
 > >  > *lib: -lgcj -lm @LTLIBICONV@ @GCSPEC@ @THREADSPEC@ @ZLIBSPEC@
@SYSTEMSPEC@
 > >  > %(libgcc) %(liborig)
 > >  > 
 > >  > Any comments?
 > > 
 > > Looks right to me.  BTW, what failure caused you to find this?

 > See the following messages:
 > 
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-02/msg00415.html
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-02/msg00482.html

Yes, I agree with your reasoning.  AFAIK Mark Mitchell has to approve
this as it's for the release, but it's OK by me if it passes
bootstrap.

I don't see this problem on my system because LIBICONV and LTLIBICONV
are both null.  AFAIK that's because iconv is in libc.

Andrew.


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