Re: Possible GNU C Library Problem

[Andreas Jaeger]

Mike Castle <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 09:35:17PM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> On Unix system you have to add all used libraries extra, inclusion of
>> a header file does not add a library.
>
> Random thought.
>
> Would it be appropriate to add such support?
>
> I know that some compilers (my personal experience is with the Borland
> product line), support #pragma that, through some magic, causes the linker
> to add the appropriate -lxxx.
>
> I assume some sort of special record is put into the object file that the
> linker recognizes.  Would probably require a coordinated change between
> gcc/binutils/glibc to accomplish.  An awful lot of work for a feature of
> dubious value.  :->

That would be doable but it really needs to be coordinated.  I'm not
sure whether it's wanted...

You miss one problem: The path to the library.  You can have several
versions of libxxx installed in different paths and I do think the
user should give the default.

Andreas
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