Re: ld fails to link if library order is reversed

2005-03-07 Thread Nilmoni Deb
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > Nilmoni Deb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > This is correct and documented behaviour. All Unix linkers behave > > > this way. > > > > In other words, its a feature, not a bug. It seems that the ICC

Re: ld fails to link if library order is reversed

2005-03-07 Thread Nilmoni Deb
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > 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 >

ld fails to link if library order is reversed

2005-03-07 Thread Nilmoni Deb
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 Th