Re: Linking convenience libraries

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Albert Chin wrote:

> When using the compiler to perform the link and linking against
> convenience libraries, is there any reason to link explicitly against
> the extracted objects of the convenience libraries rather than just
> the .a file? I'm running into a problem on IRIX with the SGI C++
> compiler that is solved if I link the .a files. I see no reason why we
> extract the convenience libraries libraries when linking against the
> compiler v. the linker.

If we link against the .a file directly then the only objects which 
will get pulled in are the ones required to link (resolve symbols). 
This means that much of the library may be missing.

If we are building an application it is desirable to shed unnecessary 
objects but it is not desirable to do that for libraries.

Bob
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