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Re: Change in command line order behaviour

To: teunis <teunis at mauve dot computersupportcentre dot com>
Subject: Re: Change in command line order behaviour
From: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 22:38:53 -0800
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>, Ross Alexander <rossa at stimpy dot math dot auckland dot ac dot nz>, egcs at cygnus dot com
References: <19971112142910.63275@dot.cygnus.com> <Pine.LNX.3.96.971112184844.31620A-100000@sigil.computersupportcentre.com>
Reply-To: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>

On Wed, Nov 12, 1997 at 06:52:23PM -0700, teunis wrote:
> gcc (not ld but gcc [ld DOES have this]) has never had this problem...

Yes it has; gcc does not change ld's operation.

> It's probably a bug!

No it isn't.  That's intended operation of static libraries.

Note that if you use shared libraries, things will act a bit
different, but the fact remains that you have never been able
to expect

  cc -lfoo main.c

to work.


r~

References:
- Re: Change in command line order behaviour
  - From: Richard Henderson
- Re: Change in command line order behaviour
  - From: teunis

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