Re: adding a flag for the linker in a certain order

[Fred Kiefer]

Dan, the reason that you didn't get a reply from this mailing list may 
be because you didn't state clear enough what you are after. My 
impression is that ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS is the wrong variable to use for 
whatever purpose you are after. Libraries should be specified by one of 
the ADDITIONAL_XXX_LIBS variables. But without knowing your specific 
problem it is hard to tell which one, probably ADDITIONAL_TOOL_LIBS.

Maybe you could read the documentation at:

http://www.gnustep.org/resources/documentation/make_1.html

If this doesn't clear things up, feel free to post your full GNUmakefile.

Hope this helps
Fred


On 27.09.2012 22:30, Dan Hitt wrote:
> Just for reference here, some people on the gcc-help list
> gave me a work-around for this issue.
>
> The work around is to link in the whole archive, via:
>
> ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS=-Wl,--whole-archive,/full/path/to/lib1.a,/full/path/to/lib2.a,...,--no-whole-archive
>
> Here, /full/path/to/lib1.a is a static library containing the same
> symbols that i wanted to link in.
>
> But i would still like to be able to place my LDFLAGS anywhere i want
> in the gnustep GNUmakefile, so if there is a way of doing that somebody
> please let me know.
>
> (It would be better because it would be more natural and i could use the
> -l abbreviation for libraries which is probably more portable.)
>
> So thanks in advance for any clues on that front, or maybe a pointer to
> the docs (because maybe it's right there but i'm just looking over it??).
>
> dan
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm building a command line program (using tool.make) and
> > i need to add a library.
> >
> > I understand from the internet that in order to add a flag for
> > the linker i use
> >     ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS=-lblahblahblah
> >
> > By using "make messages=yes" i can verify that indeed the
> > extra library is getting added.
> >
> > But it is getting added to the front of the list, while it needs
> > to be added to the end of the list in order to get all the
> > symbols resolved.  (If i manually form the command by
> > moving the library from the first place on the list to the
> > last place i have verified that all symbols indeed resolve
> > if the library is placed last.)
> >
> > So . . . what should i do to get my linker argument to the
> > end of the list?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any clues or pointers.
> >
> > dan