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Re: Dependencies with static library
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Russ Allbery |
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Re: Dependencies with static library |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:19:18 -0800 |
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"Erich Hoover" <address@hidden> writes:
> I have an application (A) that depends upon an obscure library made by
> me (B), that depends on a slightly less obscure library made by someone
> else (C). I would like to compile A with "B" as a static library so
> that the user does not need to install it separately, but when I do this
> the compilation does not pull in the library "C" into the mix and has
> undefined references to all of the functions it needs. Is there any
> easy way for me to fix this without having "A" know about the dependency
> on "C"?
Is (B) also linked with libtool? If so, is the *.la file installed?
That's where libtool gets the metadata required to know when to link to
additional libraries.
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Russ Allbery (address@hidden) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>