From 12c7927e8824abd787c029504cc09ba06d7ec20e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Darryl L. Miles" <darryl.miles@darrylmiles.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:03:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: LD_FIRST_LIBS high-priority lib order conf control
 point

---
 ext2sim/Makefile     | 4 ++--
 magic/Makefile       | 2 +-
 scripts/configure.in | 2 ++
 scripts/defs.mak.in  | 1 +
 tcltk/Makefile       | 4 ++--
 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ext2sim/Makefile b/ext2sim/Makefile
index b1816314..69e5e60f 100644
--- a/ext2sim/Makefile
+++ b/ext2sim/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tcl-main: exttosim${SHDLIB_EXT}
 
 # Not linkable due to libutils.a needing more hierarchical separation
 ext2sim_main: ext2sim_main.o ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${MAGICDIR}/tiles/libtiles.o
-	${CC} ${LDFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ $^ ${LIBS} -lX11 -lz
+	${CC} ${LDFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ $^ ${LD_FIRST_LIBS} ${LIBS} -lX11 -lz
 
 ext2sim_main.o: ext2sim.c
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -I${MAGICDIR} -DEXT2SIM_MAIN -c -o $@ $^
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ exttosim${SHDLIB_EXT}: simwrap.o ${MAGICDIR}/extflat/libextflat.o
 	@echo --- making exttosim Tcl library \(exttosim${SHDLIB_EXT}\)
 	${RM} exttosim${SHDLIB_EXT}
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} -o $@ ${LDDL_FLAGS} simwrap.o \
-		${MAGICDIR}/extflat/libextflat.o ${LD_SHARED} -lc ${LIBS}
+		${MAGICDIR}/extflat/libextflat.o ${LD_SHARED} ${LD_FIRST_LIBS} -lc ${LIBS}
 
 install: $(DESTDIR)${INSTALL_BINDIR}/${MODULE}${EXEEXT}
 
diff --git a/magic/Makefile b/magic/Makefile
index cb147b1e..663946d6 100644
--- a/magic/Makefile
+++ b/magic/Makefile
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ tclmagic${SHDLIB_EXT}: ${EXTRA_LIBS}
 	@echo --- making magic Tcl library \(tclmagic${SHDLIB_EXT}\)
 	${RM} tclmagic${SHDLIB_EXT}
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} -o $@ ${LDDL_FLAGS} ${LD_RUN_PATH} \
-		${EXTRA_LIBS} ${LD_EXTRA_LIBS} \
+		${LD_FIRST_LIBS} ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${LD_EXTRA_LIBS} \
 		-lc ${LIBS} ${LIB_SPECS} ${LDFLAGS}
 
 proto.magicrc: proto.magicrc.in
diff --git a/scripts/configure.in b/scripts/configure.in
index e2326fef..afd85cf4 100644
--- a/scripts/configure.in
+++ b/scripts/configure.in
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ cadinstall=""
 extra_libs=""
 top_extra_libs=""
 sub_extra_libs=""
+ld_first_libs=""
 ld_extra_libs=""
 ld_extra_objs=""
 programs=""
@@ -1920,6 +1921,7 @@ AC_SUBST(extra_defs)
 AC_SUBST(stub_defs)
 AC_SUBST(DEBUG_defs)
 AC_SUBST(NDEBUG_defs)
+AC_SUBST(ld_first_libs)
 AC_SUBST(ld_extra_libs)
 AC_SUBST(ld_extra_objs)
 AC_SUBST(top_extra_libs)
diff --git a/scripts/defs.mak.in b/scripts/defs.mak.in
index 72c99dcf..bbc37758 100755
--- a/scripts/defs.mak.in
+++ b/scripts/defs.mak.in
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ INSTALL_SCMDIR         = ${INSTALL_LIBDIR}/magic/scm
 INSTALL_TCLDIR         = ${INSTALL_LIBDIR}/magic/tcl
 
 MAIN_EXTRA_LIBS	       = @extra_libs@
+LD_FIRST_LIBS          = @ld_first_libs@
 LD_EXTRA_LIBS	       = @ld_extra_libs@
 LD_SHARED	       = @ld_extra_objs@
 TOP_EXTRA_LIBS	       = @top_extra_libs@
diff --git a/tcltk/Makefile b/tcltk/Makefile
index 372ecdd7..451e0866 100644
--- a/tcltk/Makefile
+++ b/tcltk/Makefile
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ install-tcl: magicexec magicdnull ${BIN_FILES} ${TCL_FILES}
 
 magicexec: magicexec.c ${MAGICDIR}/defs.mak
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${DFLAGS_NOSTUB} ${LDFLAGS} magicexec.c \
-		-o magicexec ${LD_RUN_PATH} ${LIB_SPECS_NOSTUB} ${ZLIB_FLAG} \
+		-o magicexec ${LD_RUN_PATH} ${LD_FIRST_LIBS} ${LIB_SPECS_NOSTUB} ${ZLIB_FLAG} \
 		${LIBS} ${GR_LIBS}
 
 magicdnull: magicdnull.c ${MAGICDIR}/defs.mak
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${DFLAGS_NOSTUB} ${LDFLAGS} magicdnull.c \
-		-o magicdnull ${LD_RUN_PATH} ${LIB_SPECS_GRNULL} ${ZLIB_FLAG} \
+		-o magicdnull ${LD_RUN_PATH} ${LD_FIRST_LIBS} ${LIB_SPECS_GRNULL} ${ZLIB_FLAG} \
 		${LIBS}
 
 magic.tcl: magic.tcl.in ${MAGICDIR}/defs.mak ${MAGICDIR}/VERSION