Re: [Gm2] do I need separate libfiles for every module?

[Gaius Mulley]

Martin Kalbfuß <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I have the following lines:
>
> gm2 -c test.mod -I../def
> gm2 test.mod -L../src/.libs -lsk -lSDL
>
> The first line works like I would expect it.
> But the second line does not.
>
> gm2 says:
>
> cannot find SKVideo.o or SKVideo.a
>
> This is an imported module.
> He cannot find them because there are no such files. SKVideo.o is part
> of libsk.a
>
> Why does the linking step need an object file with the same name as the
> module?
> When I work with C and gcc, it's completely up to me where the code is,
> as long as I link it
>
> I would do
>
> gcc -c test.c -I../include
> gcc -o test test.o -L../src/.libs -lsk -lSDL
>
> or I could do
>
> gcc -o test test.o SKVideo.o -lSDL
>
> With gm2, only the second variant works. Is there a reason for this?
> I find this behaviour more confusing hen helpfull. If he can't find the
> referenced functions in the symbol table he tells me anyway with an
> undefined reference error.
>
> I asume this behaviour is the reason why the linking step needs the name
> of the module file, not the name of the object like gcc.
>
> Thanks,

Hi Martin and John,

now fixed in the latest CVS, thanks for the suggestion.  In the future
gm2 could build its pim, iso, ulm libraries into libpim.a,
libiso.a and libulm.a and link against those.

regards,
Gaius