Re: FYI: duplicate removal patch [Was Re: ok, new libtool for cygwin updates]

[Michael Matz]

Hi,

On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > >> Not really.  We really must fix the bug that causes us to remove
> > >> duplicate libraries before releasing 1.4.
> > >
> > > Huh?  Seems like I'm missing something here.  What is this bug exactly?
> >
> > There is this chunk of code that removes duplicate `-l' flags that
> > appear in a link command.  The order of `-l' flags is relevant; we
> > tell whether it's safe to remove -l flags from the beginning or from
> > the end without looking into all other libraries.  So we shouldn't do
> > it.
>
> I have applied the following to HEAD (and similar to MLB).

Why also MLB?  Was it really broken there too?  I ask, because I
_definitely_ got multiple libraries in link commands.


Ciao,
Michael.