Hi miles, > Why do you think this is a gcc problem...? I specified a fully qualified path (with protocol) yet I have a link error. I presume if gcc could consume the {protocol:path} tuple passed in using '-L' there would not be a link error. Since it appears GCC cannot use the syntax, what is the syntax I should use to get GCC to link to a lib on a windows share using a fully qualified name? Jeff On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Miles Bader <miles@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> GCC silently consumes non-existent paths. So when I do the following, >> I assume its a failure since I have link problems: >> gcc ... -L/smb://fileserver/fileshar/dir/ -llibcoolstuff > > Why do you think this is a gcc problem...? AFAICT, gcc basically > doesn't do any mucking about with names given to -L. > > You can see exactly what's happening by using "gcc -v" to see exactly > how gcc invokes the linker, and then run the linker yourself (copying > the linker line form the gcc -v output) using the "strace -f" or > something. > > -Miles > > -- > We live, as we dream -- alone.... > >