Re: ld compat linker warnings considered harmful

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 08:25:14AM +0000, RVP wrote:
> There's a `--no-copy-dt-needed-entries' flag to negate the effect of the always
> turned on `--copy-dt-needed-entries' which, I think, also plays a part in this
> warning being generated:

When we changed the default of --copy-dt-needed-entries it was initially 
because the (back then) new default in ld(1) caused much fallout in
pkgsrc when building 3rd-party software.

Years have passed. Upstream build systems apparently work with the upstream
default in ld(1) nowadays.

What is the point in keeping this difference to upstream in our ld(1)?
[I mean besides philosophical differences with the concept and
disagreement with the upstream decision - plain pragmatically.]


Martin