* Lorenzo Bettini wrote on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 09:01:18PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> * Lorenzo Bettini wrote on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:27:32PM CEST: >>> Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >>>> You can just use pkg-config --static all the time, unless >>>> ( disable_static && ( host_os == Linux || host_os == Solaris ) ) >>>> >>>> Works wonders! :-) >>> mhhh... so basically this means that it is better not to use >>> Libs.private in the pkg-config file, >> >> No, that is not what I said. Doing that will continue to do the wrong >> thing even when Libtool is fixed one day. > > No, I meant: not using Libs.private at all is however a safe choice, > isn't it?
No, it isn't. At least that's how I understand it. Why would you think so? Only on GNU/Linux and Solaris it might be safe, and only if you don't care about static linkage. Cheers, Ralf