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From: Arkadiusz Kozdra <floss@arusekk.pl>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
	Arkadiusz Kozdra <floss@arusekk.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: fix static linking of nconf
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:24:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <35312d4f-0783-43bf-8a91-0e80bffe821c@arusekk.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260110232043.GA90060@ax162>

W dniu 11.01.2026 o 00:20, Nathan Chancellor pisze:
>> -PKG="ncursesw menuw panelw"
>> -PKG2="ncurses menu panel"
> Is it worth a comment that the order of these packages is intentional to
> support static library builds? I do not mind adding after the fact to
> save you from sending a v2. I guess this situation is not too common
> since 1c5af5cf9308 is over six years old at this point but if any other
> dependencies become necessary in the future, it might help folks place
> them in the correct order.

Sure, this is because ld still only visits each archive once, 
left-to-right, by design.
I think a comment about library dependencies and order would do a lot.
Feel free to reword and/or add comments as you please.
Thank you for your help.

- Arusekk


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-12 13:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-10 11:48 [PATCH] kconfig: fix static linking of nconf Arkadiusz Kozdra
2026-01-10 23:20 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-01-12 13:24   ` Arkadiusz Kozdra [this message]
2026-01-14 13:26     ` Nicolas Schier

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