Re: What makes a convenience library (use --whole-archive)?

[Peter O'Gorman]

On 06/07/2011 08:07 PM, Michael Poole wrote:
> Some of the files in my convenience libraries have static
> initializers.  By default, the linker discards these symbols because
> they are not referenced.  I am trying to figure out how to keep them
> in an automake-driven build.
>
> Mailing list threads I have seen on the Internet, plus the "libtool"
> script code (as of version 2.2.6b), indicate that convenience
> libraries should be linked with -Wl,--whole-archive (or the
> equivalent).  I do not see that here.

Yes, when convenience libraries are used to create a shared library, all 
the objects are included in the output, when the output is an 
application they are used like a normal archive library.

Either use them to create a shared library or, if creating an 
application, don't use them, use the objects instead.

Peter