Re: PATCH: Ignore --disable-static in libiberty

["H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 04:09:04PM -0500, David Edelsohn wrote:
> 	This problem is not limited to AIX, as shown in PR 19072, so the
> discussion should not be focussed too narrowly.
> 
> 	The patch from yesterday,
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-12/msg01371.html
> 
> fixed bootstrap on AIX.  I do not know if the fix is correct.

Please test

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-12/msg01400.html

on AIX. That is the only case which I can't test myself.

> 
> 	I am sorry that the PICFLAG_FOR_TARGET patch caused a problem for
> libiberty.

It is PICFLAG which causes --enable-shared to fail in binutils, for
most, if not all, hosts.

> 
> 	Libiberty is a unique library and utilizes libtool in peculiar
> ways.  Any changes to libiberty build process needs to be considered very
> carefully because it has unintended consequences on the variety of
> targets supported. 

That is why I proposed

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-12/msg01248.html

first.


H.J.