#32 libtool on interix: direct libs vs. toposorted libs

[Joerg Faschingbauer]

on interix, there seems to be a problem with libtool
not finding dependent libraries.

in the Makefile.am, when using libtool, we only pass
the libraries that are directly referenced, and leave
the topological sort to libtool. apparently there's a
problem with some libtool version, so there is popular
user demand (:-) to make this switchable:

in the config file,
LIBTOOL_INTERIX_HACK: True

and, respectively, from the commandline,
--libtool-interix-hack

[Robert Lechner]

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I fixed that problem in release 2.0.0pre17 by searching for 'interix' in sys.platform

but maybe we should change the default behavior to always use the toposorted libs and add a switch to enable direct libs

see bug 1606061 for an other problem like that

[Joerg Faschingbauer]

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taking into account bug 1606061, we should probably keep this fix (so interix works without any special configuration) *and* implement the proposed config items.

[Markus Duft]

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I believe confix really should be usable on interix without any special switches, since this would be an endless source of mistakes. Nobody will think of it the first time something is ported to windows.

Maybe a negativ version of the switch would be OK (option to turn off the interix hack ;o))

I will have a look at the libtool sources... Maybe the correct way would be to hack libtool (again ;o)) to adopt the behaviour to linux's one.