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Re: --unresolved-symbols patch breaks autoconf tests
Hi Nick,
> Very well. I have revised the comment to read as follows:
>
> /* When linking against shared libraries, the default behaviour is
> to report any unresolved references. Although strictly speaking
> it is not a failure to encounter unresolved symbols at link time
> - the symbol *might* be available at load time - it is a strong
> indication that the resulting executable will not work. Plus it
> is necessary for the correct execution of the autoconf package,
> which needs to be able to detect functions that are not provided
> by the host OS. */
>
> I hope that this is OK by you.
sure, sounds good.
> Good point. I had intended to change that as well and forgot. I have
> checked in a patch to take care of this.
Excellent, thanks.
Rainer