On 8/30/05, Stephen Jackson <spjackson42@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 23:13, Martin Cavanagh wrote:

> g++ -IC:/Boost/include/boost-1_32 -LC:/Boost/lib -lboost_thread-mgw-mt
> thread_test.cpp
>

In this case you list the library _before_ your own code.

> But when I run it as 2 commands:
> g++ -IC:/Boost/include/boost-1_32 thread_test.cpp -o thread_test.o -c
> g++ -LC:/Boost/lib -o manual_test thread_test.o -lboost_thread-mgw-mt
>
> It compiles perfectly, no warnings or anything
>

But here you list the library _after_ your own code.

> is there some rule, for producing executables from librarys, that the
> linking stage must be seperate????
>

No. You can compile and link in a single step, provided you list the
library after your own code. (You'll also want "-o manual_test"
probably.)

--
Stephen Jackson

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