On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Peter O'Gorman wrote: > On 06/07/2011 08:07 PM, Michael Poole wrote: >> >> Some of the files in my convenience libraries have static >> initializers. By default, the linker discards these symbols because >> they are not referenced. I am trying to figure out how to keep them >> in an automake-driven build. >> >> Mailing list threads I have seen on the Internet, plus the "libtool" >> script code (as of version 2.2.6b), indicate that convenience >> libraries should be linked with -Wl,--whole-archive (or the >> equivalent). I do not see that here. > > Yes, when convenience libraries are used to create a shared library, all the > objects are included in the output, when the output is an application they > are used like a normal archive library. > > Either use them to create a shared library or, if creating an application, > don't use them, use the objects instead.
Ah, thank you. I was not aware that they were treated differently when used by shared libraries versus applications. Michael Poole _______________________________________________ https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
