Does libtool know how to deal with libgcc.a%s?

[H . J . Lu]

On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 09:19:08PM -0700, H . J . Lu wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 12:14:49AM -0400, Jack Howarth wrote:
> > howarth@bogus:~$ gcc -v
> > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-linux/2.95.4/specs
> > gcc version 2.95.4 20010902 (Debian prerelease)
> > 
> > *libgcc:
> > libgcc.a%s
> > 
> 
> It looks like gcc is ok and libtool is broken. Please try to change to
> 
> *libgcc:
> -lgcc
> 
> in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-linux/2.95.4/specs. libtool may not know
> how to deal with libgcc.a%s. On the other hand, I don't know why ppc
> uses `libgcc.a%s' instead of `-lgcc' to begin with.
> 

Gcc on some platforms uses `libgcc.a%s' instead of `-lgcc'. Does
libtool know how to deal with libgcc.a%s? It seems that libtool
drops `libgcc.a%s' for the linking.


H.J.