GNU bug report logs - #75462
libtool wrongly reorder compiler deps on linux

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Package: libtool;

Reported by: Frederic Berat <fberat <at> redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 13:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95 <at> gmail.com>

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From: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95 <at> gmail.com>
To: 75462 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Frederic Berat <fberat <at> redhat.com>
Subject: bug#75462: libtool wrongly reorder compiler deps on linux
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:36:15 +0200
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On 09/01/2025 23:23, Frederic Berat wrote:
...
>     To ensure GNU Libtool continues to work with older systems, this patch
>     should probably not be applied. Users can disable the deduplication
>     optimization with "--preserve-dup-deps" without applying the suggested
>     patch, but this affects more than just compiler generated dependencies.
> 
> 
> Well, I'm not sure I get why keeping duplicates would harm, but fair 
> enough my patch is clearly overkill.

I am willing to apply something similar if it is specific to systems
that have been verified to have a problem with reordered compiler
dependencies. I do not want to assume all of linux systems require this
patch, but a more specific subset would be good.

-- 
Ileana Dumitrescu

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