Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > I don't dispute > either that the module should be put into gnulib. However, I'd like to > avoid that gnulib ends up just dumping all needed libraries into one > variable, forcing gnulib users to bite and link against them all or use > $as_needed (whatever it's called): the choice whether it's useful or not > should clearly be put to the package in question, not dictated by the > gnulib modules.
I agree, and I propose to add a gnulib-tool option --all-libs, that has the effect of adding all mentioned external libraries - to the dependencies of libgnu.la, if --libtool is used, - to the LIBS variable, if --libtool is not used. Use of --as-needed will be possible, but not mandatory, if --all-libs is used. Objections? Bruno
