[PATCH] D18269: [ELF] - -rpath-link "implemented"

[Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-commits]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 10:16:31AM +0000, Rui Ueyama via llvm-commits wrote:
> I agree with your argument that we should ignore that option. gold
> completely ignores that option, and the GNU ld's behavior to try to
> resolve undefined symbols in all shared object files at (static-)link time seems broken to me.

Actually, it is gold that is broken in this regard. Resolving undefined
symbols recursively is needed for correct ELF operation, it is just that
the GNU folks decided that once again that screwing with ELF is good.
The requirement to explicitly link against all libraries you import from
is stupid from the ELF perspective, both spec and implementation, as it
just slows things down. It also breaks valid use cases for hiding
implementation details...

Joerg