I have my own libraries I've written in C++. So for instance, I have written "cartman.h" and "cartman.cpp" and I have managed to end up with "cartman.h" and "libcartman.a" for use in my own programs. The issue I'm having is that I would like to be able to use my own libraries in the same manner as I can use the standard C++ libraries. If I do something like... #include <iostream> #include <vector> ....then when I compile my program, g++ auto-magically finds the correct libraries and links them up with my code. On the other hand, if I try to use my libraries in this way.... #include "cartman.h" ...then I must go the extra step of telling g++ to find and use my library by name... g++ -o myprogram.exe -lcartman object1.o object2.o [etc] This extra step seems not nearly as elegant as using the standard libraries, and also seems like it would quickly get unwieldy and tedious in a large program. So I considered doing something like this in my makefile... mylibs = -lcartman -lkenny -lstan -letc CC = g++ -L/path/to/mylibs/ $(mylibs) program.exe: program.o object1.o object2.o [etc] $(CC) -o program.exe program.o object1.o object2.o [etc] However, this results in warning messages from ld whenever any of the libraries specified aren't used to link with anything. For instance, if I #included "cartman.h" and "kenny.h" but did not use "stan.h", then when I compile my program, ld warns me that "libstan.a" was not used during the compilation of my program. Also very irritating and inelegant. I would rather not get into the habit of just ignoring tons of error messages from my linker. I would like to be able to just #include "cartman.h" and have g++ magically Do The Right Thing (TM) and link with libcartman.a if necessary, and just not use libcartman.a if it's not necessary. Just like the way things Just Work if you include a standard library like <vector> or <iostream>. How can I do that? Thanks very much for the help in advance! Please also reply to me directly if you answer, as I am off-list.
