On 24 March 2013 18:13, Markus Elfring wrote: >> The 'ld' man page is very clear about this: > > I wonder that you refer to the linker while I try to clarify parameter ordering > for the g++ command line for example. (I assume that the pass-through of > relevant link options can be a bit different eventually.) I wonder why you're not testing that assumption. It would take less than a minute to do so. You're asking why two commands with options in different orders give different linker errors, so I pointed out that the order of options matters to the linker. You're welcome to disregard and look for a different answer, but you won't get one from me.