Re: [jamboost] Libraries order on gcc

From: Toon Knapen (toon.knapen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-17 10:00:18

On Tuesday 17 December 2002 15:29, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> I see two approaches:
>
> 1. Order libraries appropriately. This probably not as hard in V2.
> In fact, if library depends on some other library, it should specify
>
> <library>other_library
>
> in requirements. We can use that information to sort libraries as passed
> to linker.
>
> 2. Tell the linker to search libraries repeatedly. The syntax is
>
> -( lib1.a lib2a -)
>

I think 1 is certainly the preferred choice from a software-engineering POV.
Dependency control is an important aspect in any big software project !

Keep up the good work !

toon