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Re: EXTERN command

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
To: ali hagigat <hagigatali at gmail dot com>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, amodra at gmail dot com
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:11:52 -0800
Subject: Re: EXTERN command
References: <AANLkTikofJJebsTLDw_ZzAkOKTTcbT_fBinacBOcWLuR@mail.gmail.com> <20110226110500.GO5959@bubble.grove.modra.org> <AANLkTinJ6S2YSPSZNQ0_Tjq1rhjD_55k4HBJynG8Cijp@mail.gmail.com>

ali hagigat <hagigatali@gmail.com> writes:

> When i write:
> gcc -lc ....
> I expect libc.a is linked with my program. Does GNU ld selects some
> object files from libc.a and link them with my program? or the whole
> archive will be linked?

Try it and see what happens.

Note that -lc can link against libc.so as well as libc.a.

Ian

References:
- EXTERN command
  - From: ali hagigat
- Re: EXTERN command
  - From: Alan Modra
- Re: EXTERN command
  - From: ali hagigat

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