Calling functions from libraries within libraries

[Kai Ruottu]

16.2.2012 14:55, HvW kirjoitti:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a library called Lib_Crc to compute the CRC of certain memory areas.
> This is used by another library called Lib_Appcfg which performs certain
> configuration checking and verification.
>
> My application "Test" needs to use both Lib_Crc functions and Lib_Appcfg
> function in order to perform its tasks.
>
> Why do I need to link both Lib_Crc and Lib_Appcfg in my application to use
> the Lib_Crc functions? Won't the symbols be available to the application
> form the Lib_AppCfg library?
>
> I have tried several linking options including -shared and -export-dynamic
> in multiple orders and arrangements, but in all cases when linking is done
> on the application, it complains that the Lib_Appcfg says that the Lib_Crc
> functions are "undefined references". To fix this I include Lib_Crc in my
> app.

If both libs are shared ones, the linker option '--as-needed lib_Crc.so'
used when linking the 'lib_Appcfg.so' should put the other to appear as
'NEEDED' inside 'lib_Appcfg.so'. A well-known case about this is the
'/lib/libc.so.6' which causes also the 'ld-linux.so.2' (Linux/i386)
being automatically searched, from 'objdump -p /lib/libc.so.6' :


Dynamic Section:
   NEEDED               ld-linux.so.2
   SONAME               libc.so.6
   INIT                 0x4d495c90
   FINI_ARRAY           0x4d6031d4

The option should be this but I'm not sure about how the file name after
it should be given. Could it also be '--as-needed Lib_Crc' for instance.
The file type '.so' is the default type for a shared library...