* ltmain.in: temporarily disable dlopen_self when linking with

-static or -all-static, until we figure out how to test whether it
works at configure time
* TODO: remember to fix this later

ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 1999-03-08  Alexandre Oliva  <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
 
+	* ltmain.in: temporarily disable dlopen_self when linking with
+	-static or -all-static, until we figure out how to test whether it
+	works at configure time
+	* TODO: remember to fix this later
+
 	* tests/build-relink.test: when hell is expected to fail, run it
 	within a subshell and redirect stderr to stdout, so that dynamic
 	linker errors are only printed in verbose mode

TODO

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ so that the size of lt_preloaded_symbols can be reduced.
 In the future:
 **************
 
+* test whether dlopening and self-dlopening work for statically linked
+  programs.  Self-dlopening, for example, is known to fail on DEC
+  OSF/1, for programs compiled with -static.  On other platforms,
+  dlopen may even fail to link.
+
 * Godmar Back writes:
   libltdl uses such stdio functions as fopen, fgets, feof, fclose, and others.
   These functions are not async-signal-safe. While this does not make 

ltmain.in

@@ -927,6 +927,10 @@ compiler."
 	if test -n "$link_static_flag"; then
 	  compile_command="$compile_command $link_static_flag"
 	  finalize_command="$finalize_command $link_static_flag"
+	  # Some platforms do not support self-dlopening with static
+	  # linking.  Assume self-dlopening does not work in this case
+	  # till we figure out how to test it at configure time
+	  dlopen_self=no
 	fi
 	continue
 	;;
@@ -1054,6 +1058,10 @@ compiler."
 	if test -z "$pic_flag" && test -n "$link_static_flag"; then
 	  compile_command="$compile_command $link_static_flag"
 	  finalize_command="$finalize_command $link_static_flag"
+	  # Some platforms do not support self-dlopening with static
+	  # linking.  Assume self-dlopening does not work in this case
+	  # till we figure out how to test it at configure time
+	  dlopen_self=no
 	fi
 	continue
 	;;