From 465a30ec74c5053ac93ecd58d71427a3e2b4f393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Levine <plevine457@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2022 21:19:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Always use the compiler to call the linker

Let the compiler call the linker to handle LDFLAGS correctly.
---
 configure    | 5 +----
 configure.ac | 6 +-----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0090b34..ca8cd7f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7577,10 +7577,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 fi
 
-if test -z "$LD" ; then
-	LD=$CC
-fi
-
+LD=$CC
 
 
 ac_fn_c_check_decl "$LINENO" "LLONG_MAX" "ac_cv_have_decl_LLONG_MAX" "#include <limits.h>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6496679..7cfd8fc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -116,11 +116,7 @@ if test ! -z "$PATH_PASSWD_PROG" ; then
 		[Full path of your "passwd" program])
 fi
 
-if test -z "$LD" ; then
-	LD=$CC
-fi
-AC_SUBST(LD)
-
+AC_SUBST(LD, $CC)
 
 AC_CHECK_DECL(LLONG_MAX, have_llong_max=1, , [#include <limits.h>])