[csw-maintainers] assembler in shared libraries

[Mike Watters]

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Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> wrote:
> 
>> a WELL-BEHAVED set of Makefiles, will allow you to override linker by
>> simply specifying
>>
>> LD=/path/to/ld
> 
> Well, if the "new" LD behaves significantly similar to the expected LD,
> you are correct.
> 
> For simple makefiles you may be correct too......
> 
> For more complex makefiles you are not correct as these makefiles may
> have more internal knowledge than you may expect.
> 
> Jörg
> 

It is all up to the writer of the Makefile, Makefiles can force whatever the
creator  wants it to force by default.  we always have the option of changing
it. either with a patch to Makefile.in or autoconf.   however, if the package
uses libtool, the LD environment variable should be honored.

- --
Thanks,
Mike

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent.  It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage --
to move in the opposite direction."

* Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955
    US German-born Theoretical Physicist
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