rpath_ldflags="-Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-rpath,\$(libdir)"
else
printf "No (nothing to worry about).\n"
+ rpath_ldflags=""
+fi
+
+printf "Checking for -Wl,--as-needed... "
+if ${CC} -Wl,--as-needed -o minimal minimal.c >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+ printf "Yes.\n"
+ as_needed_ldflags="-Wl,--as-needed"
+else
+ printf "No (nothing to worry about).\n"
+ as_needed_ldflags=""
fi
WARN_CXXFLAGS=""
# Flags needed to have linker set rpath attribute
RPATH_LDFLAGS = ${rpath_ldflags}
+# Flags needed to have linker link only to necessary libraries
+AS_NEEDED_LDFLAGS = ${as_needed_ldflags}
+
# Whether valgrind header files are available
HAVE_VALGRIND = ${have_valgrind}