Re: pkg/36568: [patch] devel/glib2 linker error on Darwin/OS X with certain linker flags

[Amitai Schlair <schmonz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/36568; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Amitai Schlair <schmonz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: Idar Tollefsen <idart%performancedesign.no@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/36568: [patch] devel/glib2 linker error on Darwin/OS X with
        certain linker flags
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:49:53 -0400

 idart%performancedesign.no@localhost wrote:
 
 > If "-dead_strip" is used as a linker flag, devel/glib2 fails during
 > linking on Darwin/OS X with messages like "ld: .libs/gatomic.o
 > relocation overflow for relocation entry 0 in section (__TEXT,__text)
 > (displacement too large)".
 
 Where is -dead_strip coming from? Are you setting it in mk.conf? Does it
 work in most other packages?