Re: gcc linking problem w/ static libs ?

[Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw at lug-owl dot de>]

On Fri, 2006-02-24 11:03:58 +0100, Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de> wrote:
> I'm currently experiencing some problems with gcc and static 
> libraries: coda links its tools by calling the c++ command,
> instead of calling ld directly. 
> 
> The problem: (some ?) symbols of an imported library (passed 
> directly by filename) cannot be resolved. I added some of the
> objects contained in the .a to the parameters and now the 
> symbols can be found, but are also warned as duplicated.
[...]
> Does anyone know of this problem ?

Maybe start by submitting a helpful error description? Something like

This Coda command linking a program fails with unresolved symbols:

	c++ -o xxx a1.o a2.o foo.a bar.a

Though the symbols are there:

	nm a1.o
	nm a2.o
	nm foo.a
	nm bar.a

MfG, JBG

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