[CLN-list] future GCC 4.3 and modules.h

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Richard,

* Richard B. Kreckel wrote on Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:09:21AM CET:
> 
> I don't see how your patch can work. With -fPIC, we'll have to write 
> _GLOBAL__I_foo.cc, alright, but without -fPIC, we'll have to stick to 
> _GLOBAL__I_func. Your patch defines the macro 
> CL_GLOBAL_CONSTRUCTOR_SUFFIX(module) but does not distinguish between 
> these two cases. So, if you ./configure --enable-shared --enable-static, 
> as is the default, either the shared or the static library will not 
> work. Somehow, we must distinguish between the two cases, and I don't 
> see how it can be done without some #if defined(PIC) sections.

You are of course right on the spot on this one.  I did not think of the
non-PIC case.  Guess it's back to the drawing board.

> Can you try ./configure --disable-shared && make check, please?

Will do, and redo the patch.

Cheers,
Ralf