Re: [jamboost] Re: v2: gcc and static linking

From: Tomas Puverle (Tomas.Puverle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-23 06:38:51

>>>I should note that we can only generate command line line this
>>>
>>> <static libraries generated by boost.build>
>>> -Wl,-Bstatic -lstatic_library_1, -Wl,-Bstatic_library2
>>>
>>>I.e. searched libraries will be always after those created by
>>>Boost.Build. I guess that's OK?
>>>
>>>Anyway, I believe that in your case library order is not an issue? If so,
>>>I'd recomment using linkflags for a while, until more users come
>>>complaining.
>>
>>Here's a summary:
>> - Library order is important so <linkflags> doesn't work. I tried.
> 
> 
> The specific problem is that <linkflags> are added to the beginning of the 
> command line, so references from the libraries/objects present later are not 
> resolved, right?

This seems to be very similar to my recent regression test problem.

Tom