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

[Måns Rullgård]

Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:

> 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?

We have 32-bit on FATE but not 64-bit.  We are also low on macos testing.

> If the config files that configure produces remain unchanged it
> should be a safe change to make and not require FATE monitoring.

Unchanged on one system does not imply unchanged on another.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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