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"Michael G Schwern via RT" <bug-ExtUtils-MakeMaker@rt.cpan.org> writes: > <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=69318 > > > On 2011.9.28 4:04 AM, Nicholas Clark via RT wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 05:56:30AM -0400, Christian Walde via RT wrote: >>> Good question! Why indeed. I personally have no clue why that is >>> necessary. I can only guess at it being meant to make it possible for >>> authors to indicate multiple libraries with EUMM choosing the one that >>> actually exists. >>> >>> But that's a wild guess. >> >> Which corresponds to the actual documentation: >> >> =item LIBS >> >> An anonymous array of alternative library >> specifications to be searched for (in order) until >> at least one library is found. E.g. >> >> 'LIBS' => ["-lgdbm", "-ldbm -lfoo", "-L/path -ldbm.nfs"] > > I'm going to propose that only a very, very small subset of modules need that > functionality. > > I'm also going to propose that it would be far simpler and more robust to > compile a small program with each flag. Somebody that knows Configure could > help with this, maybe Merijn could help. ExtUtils::CBuilder would come into > play here to do the compiling and linking. Isn't this exactly what Devel::CheckLib is for? -- ilmari "A disappointingly low fraction of the human race is, at any given time, on fire." - Stig Sandbeck MathisenThread Previous | Thread Next