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Re: [Probably Bug] DynaLoader.a is not Present in maintperl and Breaks the Compilation of Website Meta Language

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Nicholas Clark
Date:
March 15, 2007 08:24
Subject:
Re: [Probably Bug] DynaLoader.a is not Present in maintperl and Breaks the Compilation of Website Meta Language
Message ID:
20070315152349.GI5748@plum.flirble.org
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 01:18:29AM +0000, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > On 14/03/07, Nicholas Clark <nick <at> ccl4.org> wrote:
> > > Whether it's our bug or their bug depends on whether the core previously
> > > provided an official way to get the files needed to link Perl, and if yes,
> > > whether they're ignoring it.
> 
> The official way is:
> 
>    perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts
> 
> and that does no longer include DynaLoader.a
> (at least in blead; I don't have a maintperl
> build at the moment.)

OK. Their bug.

> Or for maint only, include an empty DynaLoader.a.
> 
> (Is there a portable way to build an empty library?)

I'm not sure that there is.
I'm happy enough to say "your bug, the fix is..."

Nicholas Clark
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