From 636cbf103e8d733fac1d26f3634a04b40d464a4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Gary V. Vaughan" <gary@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 00:12:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * ltconfig.in (whole-archive-flag-spec): test whether the
 version of GNU ld being used understands --whole-archive before using it.

---
 ChangeLog   | 6 ++++++
 ltconfig.in | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c179c0f75..99e1f98fa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1999-09-22  Gary V. Vaughan  <gary@oranda.demon.co.uk>
+ 
+	* ltconfig.in (whole-archive-flag-spec): test whether the
+	version of GNU ld being used understands --whole-archive
+	before using it.
+ 
 1999-07-30  Pavel Roskin  <pavel_roskin@geocities.com>
 
 	* ltmain.in: Ensure that gcc on HPsUX uses -fPIC, or else
diff --git a/ltconfig.in b/ltconfig.in
index 96214b724..d95c2baee 100755
--- a/ltconfig.in
+++ b/ltconfig.in
@@ -1244,7 +1244,12 @@ EOF
       whole_archive_flag_spec=
       ;;
     *)
-      whole_archive_flag_spec="$wlarc"'--whole-archive$convenience '"$wlarc"'--no-whole-archive'
+      # ancient GNU ld didn't support --whole-archive et. al.
+      if $LD --help 2>71 | egrep 'no-whole-archive' > /dev/null; then
+        whole_archive_flag_spec="$wlarc"'--whole-archive$convenience '"$wlarc"'--no-whole-archive'
+      else
+        whole_archive_flag_spec=
+      fi
       ;;
     esac
   fi
-- 
2.47.2