Re: ld --as-needed (math/gnumeric110 has unnecessary dependencies)

[Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov%tut.by@localhost>]

 >>  > 0 ~>gcc -DPIC -fPIC -shared -o libmy1.so my.c -lcompat -lutil -lm
 >>  > 
 >>  > 0 ~>gcc -DPIC -fPIC -Wl,--as-needed -shared -o libmy2.so my.c -lcompat 
 >> -lutil -lm
 >>  > 
 >>  > 0 ~>ldd ./libmy1.so
 >>  > ./libmy1.so:
 >>  >         -lutil.7 => /usr/lib/libutil.so.7
 >>  >         -lc.12 => /usr/lib/libc.so.12
 >>  >         -lm.0 => /usr/lib/libm.so.0
 >>  > 
 >>  > 0 ~>ldd ./libmy2.so
 >>  > ./libmy2.so:
 >>  >         -lc.12 => /usr/lib/libc.so.12
 >> 
 >> I thought that behavior was the default (for ELF libs anyway) since
 >> years and years ago?

> No, simply because --as-needed has created quite a few breakages...

What breakages? URL?

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Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.