Alright. Thanks a lot for support. :) Glad I had it on time! On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 15:04 +0000, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > On 3 January 2011 14:59, Vaibhav Kaushal wrote: > > My question is mainly related to the process of linking object files > > automatically using a 'Makefile'. > > > > I know that makefiles can be used to compile a source tree with options > > at each source level. The problem is that > > > > * I dont know how to create / change them manually. The ./configure has > > been working for me till now. > > > > * I have the object files (the .o files). I have made changes to a small > > project and tried to use the functions in those .o files (according to > > the API Docs). > > > > * I do not have the course of the object files. > > > > Under these circumstances, Is it possible to change the makefile so that > > GCC will link to the functions in those object files automatically when > > compiling? > > This question is about Make, not GCC, so this isn't the best place to > ask, but yes, it can be done. > > Makefiles can be used to do almost anything, especially building software. > > The makefile rules simply need to refer to the .o files and they will > be linked to. The most common structure of a simple makefile would > turn source files into object files, then link all the object files > together. You simply want to skip the first step.
