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| author | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2013-04-06 10:51:57 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2013-04-06 10:51:57 -0400 |
| commit | 6a52395ed14e0bda22be3fc0819e4507a71278e1 (patch) | |
| tree | cd59a458726d2b307288cc627d7643d085fde574 | |
| parent | 29cd1e9699d1101444920827b412191e0f92e1e1 (diff) | |
| download | gunmake-6a52395ed14e0bda22be3fc0819e4507a71278e1.tar.gz | |
Clarify LDFLAGS vs. LDLIBS. Fixes Savannah bug #37970.
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/make.texi | 6 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2013-04-06 Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> + * doc/make.texi (Implicit Variables): Clarify LDFLAGS vs. LDLIBS. + Fixes Savannah bug #37970. + * remake.c (check_dep): Reconsider files waiting on prerequisites, as they may have finished. Fixes Savannah bug #37703. diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi index 2fe7aa6..dffa14d 100644 --- a/doc/make.texi +++ b/doc/make.texi @@ -9377,14 +9377,16 @@ Extra flags to give to the SCCS @code{get} program. @item LDFLAGS @vindex LDFLAGS Extra flags to give to compilers when they are supposed to invoke the linker, -@samp{ld}. +@samp{ld}, such as @code{-L}. Libraries (@code{-lfoo}) should be +added to the @code{LDLIBS} variable instead. @item LDLIBS @vindex LDLIBS @vindex LOADLIBES Library flags or names given to compilers when they are supposed to invoke the linker, @samp{ld}. @code{LOADLIBES} is a deprecated (but -still supported) alternative to @code{LDLIBS}. +still supported) alternative to @code{LDLIBS}. Non-library linker +flags, such as @code{-L}, should go in the @code{LDFLAGS} variable. @item LFLAGS @vindex LFLAGS |