On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 11:41:00AM -0600, Albert Chin wrote: > When using the compiler to perform the link and linking against > convenience libraries, is there any reason to link explicitly against > the extracted objects of the convenience libraries rather than just > the .a file? I'm running into a problem on IRIX with the SGI C++ > compiler that is solved if I link the .a files. I see no reason why we > extract the convenience libraries libraries when linking against the > compiler v. the linker.
Ok, my mistakes. $whole_archive_flag_spec works around this. But, only when creating shared objects. Any portability problems with .a files in static archives? -- albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
