ld 'problem'

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Dec  6, 2000, Igmar Palsenberg <i.palsenberg@jdimedia.nl> wrote:

> However, this is a no go. Anyone an idea what I'm missing here ??

> I I replace the .a file with the names of all .o files in those archive it
> starts working... I'm totally lost here.

When you link with a static library, only symbols whose definitions
are being looked for will be pulled into the resulting executable or
shared library.  If you've got GNU ld, you may enclose the libraries
you want to link as a whole within -Xlinker -whole-archive and
-Xlinker -no-whole-archive.  A few other linkers offer similar
features with different command-line options.

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