[java] RFC/RFA: libgcj_bc.so.1

[Bryce McKinlay]

Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> On the other side, if
> /usr/lib*/libgcj_bc.so.1 is a symlink to
> libgcj_bc.so.1.0.0 and /usr/lib*/libgcj_bc.so.1.0.0 is a dummy shared
> library (
> gcc -shared -O2 -fpic -xc /dev/null -Wl,-soname,libgcj_bc.so.1 -o libgcj_bc.so.1.0.0 -lgcj
> ), then both libgcj.so.37 and libgcj_bc.so.1 will be in ld.so.conf.
>   
Well, we already tried this approach. It doesn't work because if 
libgcj_bc.so.1 is linked to libgcj.so.37, then the linker adds a 
DT_NEEDED for libgcj.so.37 to any binaries that are linked with 
-lgcj_bc. The --no-add-needed linker option is supposed to stop this 
from happening, but it doesn't work.

Bryce