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Re: c++/7769: using static libraries sometimes loses staticinitialization
- From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth at ticam dot utexas dot edu>
- To: Hal Black <black at ieee dot org>
- Cc: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org, <hablack at vt dot edu>, <gcc-gnats at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:41:00 -0600 (CST)
- Subject: Re: c++/7769: using static libraries sometimes loses staticinitialization
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Hal Black wrote:
> > This is not a bug. When you want that a particular
> > object file (possibly within an archive) is pulled into you
> > executable for sure, then you have to reference an object
> > inside it.
>
> This is a bug.
> [...]
> Correct, the compiler is fine, it is the linker that is not working
> correctly under the circumstances described above.
This is just how Unix has worked forever. If you want that changed, file a
report with the binutils people, but I think this is just how it is.
W.
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