Re: Problem in statical linking of libraries on linux

[Hans-Bernhard Broeker]

Mukta <address@hidden> wrote:

>   I have two libraries of form 'lib*.a', which i have recvd with a package. I 
> want to link these libraries with my application in a static mode.
>   When i use the -static option with gcc or ld, 

There's absolutely no need to use the -static flag just to use some
libs that happen to be available in static form, only. You only need
-static if you want to force the linker to use static libs even though
shared libs of the same name are available, too.

Also note that -static is a position-dependent option, just like -l<name>.
You should switch it off before the end of your gcc command line, by giving
-shared after the list of libs you want linked statically.

> 4. If I keep these libraries in '/usr/lib' and use 'gcc -shared', 
>     or 'ld -shared', option instead, then this works fine.

Then what's stopping you from doing just that?

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