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Re: libjava "make install" is broken again
>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
>> It is certainly wrong for gcj to dynamically link binaries directly
>> against libgcjgc - which is what is done currently.
Alexandre> This is only wrong if you assume the dynamic linker could resolve
Alexandre> dependencies of shared libraries by itself.
Alexandre> I agree it would be nice to omit the explicit dependencies
Alexandre> when possible, though, but libtool doesn't know when it's
Alexandre> possible to do so at this time, since it was never regarded
Alexandre> as a sufficiently important problem to deserve attention.
Actually, in this case libtool doesn't enter the picture. The
libraries in question are put into libgcj.spec and gcj picks them up
at link time.
Tom