Re: Consequence of using ld to link libraries on Solaris

[Gary V . Vaughan]

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On 12 Apr 2004, at 23:16, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Albert Chin wrote:
> > When linking a C program and using the Sun C compiler, we use the Sun
> > linker to create a shared libraries. The problem with this is if -mt
> > is passed to the Sun C compiler _without_ -lpthread/-lthread. From
> > cc(1):
> >      -mt  Passes D_REENTRANT to preprocessor. Appends -lthread
> >           after all other user-specified libraries on the command
> >           line.  If you are doing your own multithread coding,
> >           you must use this option in the compile and link steps.
> >           To obtain faster execution, this option requires a mul-
> >           tiprocessor system. On a single-processor system, the
> >           resulting executable usually runs more slowly with this
> >           option.
> >
> > So, to accommodate this, how about we use cc to create shared
> > libraries on Solaris?
>
> This problem is not specific to Solaris.  The same problem occurs on
> Digital Unix, or any other OS where libtool doesn't currently use the
> C compiler to link.

Is there any technical reason why we need to use ld directly anymore?

Cheers,
        Gary.
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