https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69540
Bug ID: 69540
Summary: add a short info on .so priority in -l
Product: gcc
Version: 6.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Keywords: documentation
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: c
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: arkadiusz at drabczyk dot org
Target Milestone: ---
Not a big thing but just to limit a discrepancy between what gcc says
and what it actually does I think it's a good idea to add a few words
about .so to a description of -l in gcc/doc/invoke.texi. Currently
only .a files are mentioned but in fact not only are .so also searched
but have priority over .a. It could be something like:
"The only difference between using an @option{-l} option and
specifying a file name is that @option{-l} surrounds @var{library}
with @samp{lib} and @samp{.so} on systems with shared libraries
support or with @samp{.a} if @var{library} with @samp{.so} is not
found and on all other system and searches several directories."
Anybody who needs more details will look into ld manual anyway.
