Re: how to link / build static libs to a shared object library

[Paul Pluzhnikov]

"g" <george13p@yahoo.com> writes:

> I have three static libs, A.a, B.a, C.a and I want to create a shared
> lib D.so.

Please read this:
  http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

> which are the appropriate flags to do this?

Depends on the OS and which linker you are using.
On Linux, do this:

  g++ -shared -o D.so -Wl,--whole-archive A.a B.a C.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive

Note that on many processors, code in A.a, B.a etc. must be compiled
with -fPIC, or you'll not be able to link it into a shared library.

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