Re-ordering of libraries by libtool.

[Richard Shann]

In the GNU/Denemo project we are trying to cross-build a for windows on
Debian stable using static libraries. The libtool step is re-ordering
the libraries before invoking the linker, and so it fails.
The cross-environment has version 2.22 of GNU/Binutils, but I am not
clear where the actual libtool is coming from - the host libtool is
version 2.26b.
I can't find online documentation for this version, and even in the
latest version there is almost no mention of libtool re-ordering the
directories as given. I noticed one previous email on this topic, which
received no responses. Can someone help?
Below is the libtool step as recorded in the log of the build (it is
being done using the mxe cross-compiling makefile system).
In the link the symbold register_evince_backend is defined in the
libpdfdocument.a which starts off after the libevdocument.a on the line
that /bin/bash gets, but is moved later when libtool executes the
linker. (Or so at least is my reading of this log).
Richard Shann
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-o denemo.exe denemo_types.o commands.o calculatepositions.o
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draw.o drawaccidentals.o drawclefs.o drawcursor.o drawkey.o
drawdynamic.o drawnotes.o drawselection.o drawstemdir.o drawtimesig.o
drawtuplets.o drawlyric.o dynamic.o drawfigure.o exportabc.o
exportlilypond.o articulations.o exportxml.o file.o hairpin.o help.o
importxml.o importmusicxml.o importmidi.o kbd-custom.o kbd-interface.o
keyresponses.o keysigdialog.o figure.o main.o measureops.o
moveviewport.o mousing.o barline.o view.o http.o mwidthdialog.o objops.o
exportmidi.o instrumentname.o external.o source.o sourceaudio.o
scorelayout.o playback.o drawfakechord.o fakechord.o playbackprops.o
prefdialog.o prefops.o processstaffname.o lyric.o scoreops.o
scoreprops.o selectops.o staffops.o staffpropdialog.o drawbarline.o
slurs.o timedialog.o tomeasuredialog.o tupletops.o utils.o graceops.o
runsilent.o drawgrace.o print.o texteditors.o binreloc.o bookmarks.o
parseinstruments.o keyboard.o pitchentry.o pitchrecog.o drawlilydir.o
lilydirectives.o displayanimation.o midi.o audiocapture.o screenshot.o
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libtool: link: i686-pc-mingw32-g++ -g -O2 -o .libs/denemo.exe
denemo_types.o commands.o calculatepositions.o changenotehead.o
chordops.o clefdialog.o commandfuncs.o contexts.o draw.o
drawaccidentals.o drawclefs.o drawcursor.o drawkey.o drawdynamic.o
drawnotes.o drawselection.o drawstemdir.o drawtimesig.o drawtuplets.o
drawlyric.o dynamic.o drawfigure.o exportabc.o exportlilypond.o
articulations.o exportxml.o file.o hairpin.o help.o importxml.o
importmusicxml.o importmidi.o kbd-custom.o kbd-interface.o
keyresponses.o keysigdialog.o figure.o main.o measureops.o
moveviewport.o mousing.o barline.o view.o http.o mwidthdialog.o objops.o
exportmidi.o instrumentname.o external.o source.o sourceaudio.o
scorelayout.o playback.o drawfakechord.o fakechord.o playbackprops.o
prefdialog.o prefops.o processstaffname.o lyric.o scoreops.o
scoreprops.o selectops.o staffops.o staffpropdialog.o drawbarline.o
slurs.o timedialog.o tomeasuredialog.o tupletops.o utils.o graceops.o
runsilent.o drawgrace.o print.o texteditors.o binreloc.o bookmarks.o
parseinstruments.o keyboard.o pitchentry.o pitchrecog.o drawlilydir.o
lilydirectives.o displayanimation.o midi.o audiocapture.o screenshot.o
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/home/rshann/mxe/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/lib/libevdocument.a(libevdocument_la-ev-module.o):
 In function `ev_module_load':
/home/rshann/mxe/tmp-evince/evince-2.32.0/libdocument/ev-module.c:105:
undefined reference to `register_evince_backend'
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