Fwd: KDE/kdebase/libkonq

[Thiago Macieira]

Benjamin Reed wrote:
>On 3/2/06, Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org> wrote:
>> On ELF systems using dynamic libraries, where such nonsense is not
>> necessary, don't install the dependency libraries.
>>
>> To our Windows developers: how does MSVC solve such nonsense? Can it
>> link to a DLL without requiring that DLL's dependencies to be listed?
>> Or does it require you to know what dependencies a DLL has?
>
>On OSX you have to list all depends, as long as you're using symbols
>from the dependent library (even indirectly).

Which is braindead.

Sorry, but it is.

If I upgrade a library I use in my simple program and it adds a new 
dependency, I have to review my program's ld flags.

For such brain-damaged systems, the installation of an .la file is a 
requirement.

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