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Re: --unresolved-symbols patch breaks autoconf tests


Hi Nick,

> Very well.  I have revised the comment to read as follows:
> 
>   /* When linking against shared libraries, the default behaviour is
>      to report any unresolved references.  Although strictly speaking
>      it is not a failure to encounter unresolved symbols at link time
>      - the symbol *might* be available at load time - it is a strong
>      indication that the resulting executable will not work.  Plus it
>      is necessary for the correct execution of the autoconf package,
>      which needs to be able to detect functions that are not provided
>      by the host OS.  */
> 
> I hope that this is OK by you.

sure, sounds good.

> Good point.  I had intended to change that as well and forgot.  I have
> checked in a patch to take care of this.

Excellent, thanks.

	Rainer


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