libf2c: use -objectlist instead of convenience libraries

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Dec  3, 2001, Toon Moene <moene@knmi.nl> wrote:

> Alexandre wrote:
>> I had formerly suggested us to use libtool convenience libraries 
>> to avoid exceeding command-line length limitations of some OSs.  
>> Later on, it occurred to me that there was a simpler solution, 
>> using libtool's -objectlist.  I've finally found time to implement > it.

> Hmmm - I thought David Edelsohn suggested that ...

I thought I had suggested it to him.  Anyway, if it was David who
pointed it out, my apologies for claiming the idea was mine :-)

>> I have also removed the bogus install command I've just mentioned 
>> in a message posted to gcc@gcc.gnu.org.

> I added that install because before that libg2c.la and libg2c.so ended
> up in different directories, which led to the static library always be
> used.

That's because when linking a library, -rpath must specify where the
library is going to be installed.  I'm checking in the patch below,
that fixes this problem.

>> Tested on athlon-pc-linux-gnu.  Toon, ok to install?  Ok to 
>> back-port to 3.0 branch?

> It's OK with me for the trunk.  There's little to be gained by
> backporting it to 3.0, because we didn't generate a shared libg2c.so
> then.

Ah, sorry, I thought the original patch had been merged into the
branch too.


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