Re: Linking only required objects

[Rolf Magnus]

Bernhard Mogens Ege wrote:

> I try to link only required objects into my executable but I dont know
> which objects are required so I add lots of -l<library> to my linker
> stage (using gnu ld). My program is linked and runs. Fine. But checking
> with ldd I see that it now depends on all these libraries, some of them
> I am sure are not required.
> 
> How do I find out which libraries are required and which are not required?

Your program uses functions defined in libraries, doesn't it? So you should
link only against those libs that you actually use anything from.