[uClibc 0001854]: make menuconfig fails when libncurses is an as-needed stub

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The following issue has been CLOSED 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1854 
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Reported By:                michael_d
Assigned To:                uClibc
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Project:                    uClibc
Issue ID:                   1854
Category:                   Other
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 duplicate
Duplicate:                  0
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             01-04-2008 01:10 PST
Last Modified:              01-04-2008 21:34 PST
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Summary:                    make menuconfig fails when libncurses is an
as-needed stub
Description: 
On my systems, I have replaced most "*.so" files with linker scripts which
reference the real libraries with in an AS_NEEDED( ) block.  This makes my
binaries neater in cases where dumb build scripts reference libraries that
aren't really needed.

However, when I try to configure a virgin uClibc tree, I get many errors
linking "mconf", which cite undefined symbols that are obviously from
ncurses.

It appears the linker works left-to-right and decides when a library is
needed or not at the moment it appears.  Your Makefile puts "-lncurses"
before any object files, so the linker never sees an ncurses symbol
reference until it is too late.

This problem apparently would also occur with a static libncurses -- hence
most other projects are careful to put all "-l" options at the end of the
linker invocation.

I've attached a patch that moves the library options to the end of the
line, allowing "make menuconfig" to work on my system.
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 vapier - 01-04-08 21:34  
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thanks for the patch, but this was fixed sometime ago already

dupe of http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1554 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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01-04-08 01:10  michael_d      New Issue                                    
01-04-08 01:10  michael_d      Status                   new => assigned     
01-04-08 01:10  michael_d      Assigned To               => uClibc          
01-04-08 01:10  michael_d      File Added: uClibc-0.9.29-conffix.diff           
        
01-04-08 21:34  vapier         Note Added: 0003364                          
01-04-08 21:34  vapier         Status                   assigned => closed  
01-04-08 21:34  vapier         Resolution               open => duplicate   
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