[jira] Commented: (COUCHDB-1033) prevent excessive linking

["Filipe Manana (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1033?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12984138#action_12984138 ] 

Filipe Manana commented on COUCHDB-1033:
----------------------------------------

"For example, the ICU driver is linked to SpiderMonkey."

I'm confused about this statement.
If an object file A doesn't refer to symbols from some other object file B, is A still linked with B? 

> prevent excessive linking
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-1033
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1033
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Build System
>            Reporter: Randall Leeds
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 1.2
>
>   Original Estimate: 3h
>  Remaining Estimate: 3h
>
> configure.ac currently constructs a massive CPPFLAGS used for all compilation. As a result, unnecessary linking occurs. For example, the ICU driver is linked to SpiderMonkey.
> I believe it would be good practice to prevent this sort of needless linking.

-- 
This message is automatically generated by JIRA.
-
You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.