[PATCH] ld: Build and install only unversioned libdep

[Howard Chu]

H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 12:55 PM Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com> wrote:
>>
>> H.J. Lu wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 7:10 AM Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com> wrote:
>>>> Should be able to just add --tag=disable-static to libdep_la_LDFLAGS, and not
>>>> need a custom _LINK rule, right?
>>>
>>> I tried it.  But it is ignored by libtool and libdep.a is still generated.
>>>
>> Ah yes I see. In that case I still think it's better to just set it in AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS.
>> libtool is only used to build the plugins, and the plugins are only usable via
>> dynamic loading, so it may as well be set for all of the test plugins as well,
>> not just for the libdep plugin.

> That will require changes to ld plugin tests and test these changes on
> all supported hosts.  I don't think it is a good idea.
> 
OK, fair enough.

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