On 16 November 2011 00:01, Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote: > > Perhaps we should add a new entry to the FAQ at the wiki about this. Good idea. > I could add it myself, but I am not sure how to summarize the problem > and, in particular, it doesn't seem to me that "just use > --no-as-needed" is the correct answer. It probably isn't. There are two parts to the change, one is to use --as-needed by default, the other is to use --no-copy-dt-needed-entries (the option formerly known as --no-add-needed) by default. I suspect for most people's uses --as-needed is ok if they don't link to libraries that aren't referenced by the rest of their program. People might have problems with --no-copy-dt-needed-entries more often, but that's easily solved by adding the missing libraries explicitly to the link command (I first encountered that issue when using the gold linker, which doesn't even support the option.) I could try to write something for the FAQ if Andrew and/or Ian would cast an eye over it to check I've got the facts right, I don't think I understand the issue completely myself.
