The output is little or no help in knowing specifically what you've done wrong, What link command line did you use?
The most likely explanation of this is that you still haven't done what several different people here have advised you several times, including in the messages quoted below - made sure that the reference to the OpenSSL libraries comes _AFTER_ the references to the ldap library in the link command. As everyone keeps saying, _order_matters_. I don't recognise the names of some of the missing references below; they may be OpenSSL references I'm not aware of, or they may be to some other library which the ldap library needs. If its the latter, you'll need to look at the documentation of the ldap library to see what it needs, and include it on the link command line. Since _order_matters_, you'll need to include it _after_ the reference to the ldap library. From: brandon...@aol.com<mailto:brandon...@aol.com> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 4:46 PM I put the -static where it belongs. Here is a partial list of the output: /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_sb_close': (.text+0xa6): undefined reference to `SSL_shutdown' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_upflags': (.text+0x13b): undefined reference to `SSL_get_error' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_sb_write': (.text+0x1cc): undefined reference to `SSL_write' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_sb_write': (.text+0x1df): undefined reference to `SSL_get_error' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_sb_read': (.text+0x2cc): undefined reference to `SSL_read' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_sb_read': (.text+0x2df): undefined reference to `SSL_get_error' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_sb_ctrl': (.text+0x409): undefined reference to `SSL_pending' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_sb_remove': (.text+0x4ab): undefined reference to `SSL_free' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_sb_setup': (.text+0x58f): undefined reference to `SSL_set_bio' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_strength': (.text+0x769): undefined reference to `SSL_get_current_cipher' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_strength': (.text+0x779): undefined reference to `SSL_CIPHER_get_bits' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_get_cert': (.text+0x7ad): undefined reference to `SSL_get_verify_result' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_get_cert': (.text+0x7bd): undefined reference to `SSL_get_peer_certificate' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_chkhost': (.text+0x8a6): undefined reference to `X509_get_ext_by_NID' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_chkhost': (.text+0x8bd): undefined reference to `X509_get_ext' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_chkhost': (.text+0x8c5): undefined reference to `X509V3_EXT_d2i' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_chkhost': (.text+0x9be): undefined reference to `GENERAL_NAMES_free' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_chkhost': (.text+0x9d7): undefined reference to `GENERAL_NAMES_free' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_chkhost': (.text+0x9f5): undefined reference to `X509_get_subject_name' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_chkhost': (.text+0xa00): undefined reference to `X509_NAME_entry_count' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_chkhost': (.text+0xa1b): undefined reference to `X509_NAME_get_entry' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_chkhost': (.text+0xa98): undefined reference to `X509_free' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_chkhost': (.text+0xc62): undefined reference to `X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_peer_dn': (.text+0xe04): undefined reference to `X509_get_subject_name' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_peer_dn': (.text+0xe17): undefined reference to `i2d_X509_NAME' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_peer_dn': (.text+0xe2d): undefined reference to `X509_free' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_my_dn': (.text+0xe64): undefined reference to `SSL_get_certificate' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_my_dn': (.text+0xe77): undefined reference to `X509_get_subject_name' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_my_dn': (.text+0xe8a): undefined reference to `i2d_X509_NAME' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_my_dn': (.text+0xea0): undefined reference to `X509_free' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_errmsg': (.text+0xf07): undefined reference to `ERR_error_string_n' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_accept': (.text+0xf39): undefined reference to `SSL_accept' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_connect': (.text+0xf69): undefined reference to `SSL_connect' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_session_new': (.text+0xf99): undefined reference to `SSL_new' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_report_error': (.text+0x101e): undefined reference to `ERR_error_string_n' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x10ef): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x111e): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x1131): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x1164): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x1190): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x11ef): undefined reference to `PEM_read_bio_DHparams' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x1217): undefined reference to `DH_size' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x1254): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_set_info_callback' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x127d): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_set_verify' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x1292): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x12b1): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x12e3): undefined reference to `SSL_load_client_CA_file' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x130b): undefined reference to `SSL_add_dir_cert_subjects_to_stack' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x139f): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_get_cert_store' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x13c7): undefined reference to `X509_STORE_set_flags' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x13eb): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x1447): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_ctrl' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x1469): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_set_session_id_context' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x1497): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_ctrl' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_init': (.text+0x155a): undefined reference to `X509_STORE_set_flags' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_tmp_dh_cb': (.text+0x173f): undefined reference to `PEM_read_bio_DHparams' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_tmp_dh_cb': (.text+0x17c0): undefined reference to `DH_generate_parameters' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_tmp_rsa_cb': (.text+0x1809): undefined reference to `RSA_generate_key' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_verify_cb': (.text+0x189e): undefined reference to `X509_STORE_CTX_get_current_cert' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_verify_cb': (.text+0x18ab): undefined reference to `X509_STORE_CTX_get_error' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_verify_cb': (.text+0x18b9): undefined reference to `X509_STORE_CTX_get_error_depth' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_verify_cb': (.text+0x18c4): undefined reference to `X509_get_subject_name' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_verify_cb': (.text+0x18cf): undefined reference to `X509_get_issuer_name' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_verify_cb': (.text+0x18ec): undefined reference to `X509_NAME_oneline' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_verify_cb': (.text+0x1907): undefined reference to `X509_NAME_oneline' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_verify_cb': (.text+0x19f7): undefined reference to `X509_verify_cert_error_string' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_info_cb': (.text+0x1a87): undefined reference to `SSL_state_string_long' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_info_cb': (.text+0x1b3c): undefined reference to `SSL_alert_type_string_long' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_info_cb': (.text+0x1b47): undefined reference to `SSL_alert_desc_string_long' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_free': (.text+0x1c49): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_free' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_new': (.text+0x1cc3): undefined reference to `SSLv23_method' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_ctx_new': (.text+0x1ccb): undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_new' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_destroy': (.text+0x1cf8): undefined reference to `EVP_cleanup' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_destroy': (.text+0x1d09): undefined reference to `ERR_free_strings' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_init': (.text+0x1d53): undefined reference to `SSL_load_error_strings' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_init': (.text+0x1d58): undefined reference to `SSL_library_init' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(tls_o.o): In function `tlso_init': (.text+0x1d5d): undefined reference to `X509V3_add_standard_extensions' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_external': (.text+0x69): undefined reference to `sasl_setprop' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_external': (.text+0x84): undefined reference to `sasl_setprop' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `sb_sasl_cyrus_init': (.text+0xbb): undefined reference to `sasl_getprop' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `.L41': (.text+0x488): undefined reference to `sasl_setprop' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_close': (.text+0x7be): undefined reference to `sasl_dispose' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_close': (.text+0x7d5): undefined reference to `sasl_dispose' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `sb_sasl_cyrus_decode': (.text+0x94b): undefined reference to `sasl_decode' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `sb_sasl_cyrus_decode': (.text+0x97c): undefined reference to `sasl_errstring' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `sb_sasl_cyrus_encode': (.text+0x9f8): undefined reference to `sasl_encode' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `sb_sasl_cyrus_encode': (.text+0xa2c): undefined reference to `sasl_errstring' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_init': (.text+0xa8d): undefined reference to `sasl_version' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_init': (.text+0xb29): undefined reference to `sasl_client_init' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `.L146': (.text+0xbf2): undefined reference to `sasl_global_listmech' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `.L152': (.text+0xc4e): undefined reference to `sasl_getprop' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_open': (.text+0xd57): undefined reference to `sasl_client_new' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_bind': (.text+0xf6d): undefined reference to `sasl_dispose' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_bind': (.text+0x108f): undefined reference to `sasl_setprop' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_bind': (.text+0x1120): undefined reference to `sasl_client_start' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_bind': (.text+0x131a): undefined reference to `sasl_client_step' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_bind': (.text+0x13a9): undefined reference to `sasl_errdetail' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_bind': (.text+0x1582): undefined reference to `sasl_getprop' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_bind': (.text+0x15b3): undefined reference to `sasl_getprop' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_bind': (.text+0x1618): undefined reference to `sasl_dispose' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_bind': (.text+0x1799): undefined reference to `sasl_errdetail' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(cyrus.o): In function `ldap_int_sasl_bind': (.text+0x1807): undefined reference to `sasl_errdetail' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(gssapi.o): In function `ldap_int_gssapi_close': (.text+0x374): undefined reference to `gss_inquire_context' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(gssapi.o): In function `ldap_int_gssapi_close': (.text+0x3cb): undefined reference to `gss_delete_sec_context' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(gssapi.o): In function `ldap_int_gssapi_setup': (.text+0x454): undefined reference to `gss_inquire_context' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(gssapi.o): In function `gsserrstr.clone.0': (.text+0x65a): undefined reference to `gss_display_status' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(gssapi.o): In function `gsserrstr.clone.0': (.text+0x689): undefined reference to `gss_display_status' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(gssapi.o): In function `gsserrstr.clone.0': (.text+0x71e): undefined reference to `gss_release_buffer' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(gssapi.o): In function `gsserrstr.clone.0': (.text+0x72d): undefined reference to `gss_release_buffer' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-redhat-linux/4.4.1/../../../libldap.a(gssapi.o): In function `gsserrstr.clone.0': -----Original Message----- From: brandonshw <brandon...@aol.com<mailto:brandon...@aol.com>> To: openssl-users <openssl-users@openssl.org<mailto:openssl-users@openssl.org>> Sent: Sun, Jul 17, 2011 6:32 pm Subject: Re: Trying to Link Statically to Libcrypto Some incredibly helpful advice, which I appreciate very much. I'll apply it all tomorrow morning. It makes a lot of sense to find out that I've been putting the -static flag in the wrong place, because I had to develop scripts to temporarily hide shared libraries from the linker, whenever I made a version of my executable to be used or tested elsewhere, to force the linker to chose the static versions. I wondered why the -static flag wasn't working. In my present job, I only have time to research new things briefly, and not at length as I would prefer. Brandon -----Original Message----- From: Michael S. Zick <open...@morethan.org<mailto:open...@morethan.org>> To: openssl-users <openssl-users@openssl.org<mailto:openssl-users@openssl.org>> Sent: Sun, Jul 17, 2011 4:48 pm Subject: Re: Trying to Link Statically to Libcrypto On Sun July 17 2011, brandon...@aol.com<mailto:brandon...@aol.com> wrote: > > Although I've been programming on various platforms for quite awhile, I don't know much about the principles involved here - i.e. Linux or static vs dynamix linking. You are right, it is linking to libldap. > > What I am trying to do is remove all dependencies on libraries on the diverse target machines, so that it works right out of the box without the necessity of the user installing libraries. On several machines where people have installed my program, it complained that it couldn't find libcrypto.so.8. I fixed that on those occasions by creating a symbolic link to their actual version of libcrypto, but I just want it to stop looking for any library at all on the box where I'm putting it, and this is one step towards that. I had hoped that by forcing it to take libcrypto.a, rather than libcrypto.so, it would stop looking for libcrypto.so.8. > When you pass -static to the linker as part of the link command, it will search for libcrypto.a rather than the default (dynamic) libcrypto.so (which should be a sym-link to the current version named libcrypto.so.VERSION-NUMBER). Also remember that the application: /usr/bin/g++ which you are calling is just the "front end" of that toolchain. It calls the sub-components (pre-processor, compiler, assembler, linker, etc) as required based on the options and files it is passed. Note also when you did: g++ --help in a terminal window that the order is: g++ <options> files not: g++ files <options> Also try: info g++ in a terminal window. Mike > From: Andreas Mueller > <andreas.muel...@othello.ch<mailto:andreas.muel...@othello.ch>> > To: openssl-users > <openssl-users@openssl.org<mailto:openssl-users@openssl.org>> > Sent: Sun, Jul 17, 2011 2:45 pm > Subject: Re: Trying to Link Statically to Libcrypto > > > Brandon, > Am 16.07.2011 um 10:59 schrieb brandon...@aol.com<mailto:brandon...@aol.com>: > Actually, I believe it said that openldap.so was complaining that they were > t would certainly help if you actually knew what it was saying, > ot just believed it! And wasn't it rather libldap.so, not > penldap.so. Of course, libldap.so is usually provided by some > penldap package. > > I am already linking in -lldap. Will -lopenldap work better? > e certainly meant -lldap (the library is called libldap.so, so > he linker flag is called -lldap). If your library really is > alled openldap.so (which I very much doubt), then you can not > ink it with the -l option, you have to add the fully qualified > ath name of that library to the linker command line. > > > Any idea what library I can link in to define the above two references? > Link to OpenSSL first, and then OpenLdap (order matters): > > gcc ... -lcrypto -lopenldap > hat was meant is "-lldap -lcrypto". Libraries later in later > lags have to satisfy references left open by earlier libraries. > > I am writing some C++ on Linux with g++. When I try to link statically to > libcrypto, by using the libcrypto.a library, it complains that > ou are linking statically to a library that some other library, > amely libldap, want's to link dynamically. How's that supposed > o work? Static linking means you have a copy of libcrypto in > our binary, with the symbols of that library removed, because > hey have already been resolved. Then libldap gets linked, and > ants to know about the same symbols once again, so a shared copy > f the library libcrypto has to be added to the address space. > hat a mess. So the real question is: WTH are you trying to link > tatically! > Mit herzlichem Gruss > Andreas Müller
