static library and undefined reference

[Iker Arizmendi]

After reading a helpful post on the topic which describes
that linker will "throw away" a library if it comes across
it but none of the symbols it defines are needed, I realized
that my link line was wrong. The problem was not between
my executable and my library but between my two libraries.
I had placed the "depended on" library first thinking that
the symbols should be available when they were needed (which
explains why I got errors when my executable's .o was placed
before or after the libraries).

Regards,
Iker

Iker Arizmendi wrote:
> Just a quick follow up - when I put the static libraries
> _after_ the executable's .o file I get _more_ undefined
> reference errors.
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> Iker
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> Iker Arizmendi wrote:
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>> Hello all.
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>> I have a project that creates several static libraries
>> in two directories and an executable that uses them in
>> a third. The libraries build just fine, and the
>> executable builds fine, but fails during linking with
>> "undefined reference" errors. I've checked the libraries
>> with nm and can see that the symbols the linker claims
>> are undefined are exported (nm shows marks them with
>> a "T"). I've checked that the link line includes the
>> libraries and that libraries that are depended on by
>> other libraries appear first (and before the executable's
>> .o file). I also made sure that all the files involved
>> were compiled with g++ and not gcc. But the errors persist.
>>
>> What am I missing here? Any help greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Iker
>>
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