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Re: [PATCH] Transitive LIBDPLIBS, PROGDPLIBS



At Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:14:29 +0900, PHO <pho%cielonegro.org@localhost> wrote:
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Transitive LIBDPLIBS, PROGDPLIBS
>
> On 1/16/25 03:32, Greg A. Woods wrote:
>
> > I've never ever been comfortable with not knowing all dependencies
> > explicitly, including the transitive dependencies of intermediate
> > libraries, at build time.  The main program's build really should know
> > all the dependencies its product(s) will have, not just the "front-line"
> > ones.
>
> ...even if some programs need this, and
> failing to maintain the list of
> dependencies (including their ordering)
> does not always cause an error?

Indeed there's currently no error or warning.  I'm saying there should be.

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