Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] autoconf/python_dev: pass include and library dir based on prefix

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger Pau Monne writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] autoconf/python_dev: pass 
include and library dir based on prefix"):
> According to man ld (from Debian):
> 
> "All -L options apply to all -l options, regardless of the order in 
> which the options appear."

I think this is a special feature of GNU binutils.  (And a surprising
one to me at least!)

> So it should be ok to specify -L after -l.

No.  I asked a friend who had access to (for example) the Solaris ld
manpage and got this quote:

    -L path [...] This option is useful only if the option 
    precedes the -l options to which the -L option applies.

Ian.

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