Nilmoni Deb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Lets say I am running the following command > > gcc z.o -lX -lY -o z > > and libX.a depends on a function that is defined in libY.a then the order > of linking appears to be important. While the previous command works, the > next one (with order reversed) will fail: > > gcc z.o -lY -lX -o z > > This problem has been observed with binutils version 2.10.91. I would > think that ld should look back when resolving dependencies.
This is correct and documented behaviour. All Unix linkers behave this way. Ian _______________________________________________ bug-binutils mailing list bug-binutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-binutils