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@@ -21,13 +21,20 @@ NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GNU Libtool
- Fix a 2.4.4 regression so that libltdl subprojects do not warn
about missing libltdl/libltdl directory as in prior releases.
+ - When using Sun C++ on Solaris or GNU/Linux we used to set libtool's
+ postdeps permanently, based on the contents of $CXX and $CXXFLAGS at
+ configure time, which was brittle and error-prone. Now, we no
+ longer check for a SunCC ABI at configure time, but augment the
+ postdeps at libtool time based on the current invocation flags on
+ each call.
+
** Changes in supported systems or compilers:
- /usr/local prefixed rpaths are now added to the link-line on
ia64-hp-hpux*, because the default system runtime loader path does
not contain them.
- - Previously, when using Sun C++ on Solaris or Linux, `-Cstd -Crun`
+ - Previously, when using Sun C++ on Solaris or GNU/Linux, `-Cstd -Crun`
flags were added to $postdeps unless CXX or CXXFLAGS contained
`-library=stlport4`. Newer releases have added other compiler flags
that are also incompatible with `-Cstd -Crun`, so now we don't add