On Apr 11, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Jean-François Mertens wrote: > > On 12 Apr 2008, at 04:31, Ben Abbott wrote: >> >> When I tried to create the dylib version for cholmod, I encountered >> an >> "unidentified symbol" error for those symbols that are in other >> libraries, cholmod for example. >> >> How do I tell gcc to ignore the missing symbols? > > DON'T ! > > It is very important that all symbols are identified (in the output > of "nm -m" , all undefined things should have a "from ..." > > You have the build the dylibs in dependency order, and link > explicitly with all those on which you depend .. > (and please no more..!) > > Cf any pkg for how dylib's are built; or, since you may be > more familiar with it, look at atlas.info, where they are built > "by hand" from the static archives, as you want to do, > since that seemed simpler than adapting the (experimental) > makefile. > But do not us the --all_load thing, it is better to explicitly extract > the .o files you want from the archives (there is no way to stop > the effect of '--all_load', so it would also apply to .a files that > are > added to the link line by gcc or whatever compiler). > > But please do look at `man ld` ! > > Jean-Francoia
This is becoming quite a "learning experience" for me ;-) I'll take a look at the atlas package. With regards to "--all" ... do you mean that all the .o files included in the static lib are not to be included in the dylib? ... or something else? In either event, can you clarify (I likely in over my head). Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
