[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] configure: check for --as-needed support early

[Diego Biurrun]

On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 01:57:54PM +0000, Mans Rullgard wrote:
> This moves the check for --as-needed linker support before all
> library tests, ensuring consistent behaviour between the checks
> and the actual link step.

Can we move all linker flag tests before the library tests?
I'd consider this cleaner and a quick test suggests it should
be possible.

> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -2758,6 +2758,8 @@ if enabled asm; then
>          $nogas "GNU assembler not found, install gas-preprocessor"
>  fi
>  
> +check_ldflags -Wl,--as-needed

A comment explaining why this linker check is before the others
could be nice.

Diego