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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dependency list for static libraries
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On 11/3/20 4:14 PM, Nick Clifton via Binutils wrote:
> Hi Howard,
> 
>> Whitespace fixes done, attached.
> 
> Sorry for the delay in reviewing this patch.  This revised form
> looks good to me, so I have gone ahead and applied it to the sources.

hijacking the 'l' option leads to build failures.

In 2.35 it's documented as:

       l   This modifier is accepted but not used.

at least the build fails in
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/afterstep/2.2.12-14/+build/20720741

I don't know about the history of this modifier, but giving it a completely new
meaning is odd.

In about a week I can give you a list of packages from a distribution test
rebuild, failing to build because of this.

Matthias