Re: [gnome-db] Circular dependency between libgda-3 and libgda_handlers-3

["Vivien Malerba" <vmalerba gmail com>]

On 3/12/07, Gustavo R. Montesino <grmontesino gmail com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Due to a circular dependency between libgda-3 and libgda_handlers, it
> isn't possible to build libgda (2.99.5) with strict symbol checking (ie,
> LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,defs). Also, libgda-3 isn't getting and NEEDED entry on
> libgda_handlers-3, which may result in a segfault on other software if
> they aren't linked through pkgconfig (pkgconfig-linked software is safe,
> as both libs are included through -l).
>
> I see two main ways to fix that:
>
> 1) Merge libgda_handlers into libgda-3. As currently it's impossible to
> link against one of them without linking against the other, I don't
> think there's any good reason to keep them as separate libraries, but I
> may be missing something here.

I would really prefer that solution because as you noticed, you can't
use one lib without the other. The reason why there are currently two
libraries is because I did not want to mix the files in the same dir,
and because I don't know how to make a single lib from sources in two
different dirs with the auto tools. I'd be glad if you could propose a
patch.

Thanks,

Vivien