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

[Diego Biurrun]

On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 03:17:00PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> It's probably safe and a good idea, but I've learned to be cautious with
> these things.  I'd rather not make any broad changes until we have a
> stable Windows build back on FATE.

Do we somebody that can test on Cygwin and/or MinGW?
If the config files that configure produces remain unchanged it
should be a safe change to make and not require FATE monitoring.

Diego