On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Riccardo Manfrin <riccardomanfrin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A library *BAR* is composed of the object file *bar**.o* that contains the > symbol *foo* and *qux*. > A *FOO* library depends on symbol *foo*. > A *QUX* library depends on symbol *qux***. > > Can I assert the following linking orders outcomes? > > -lFOO -lQUX -lBAR : OK and logically right > > -lFOO -lBAR -lQUX : OK <-- this still works because FOO brought in > bar.o so QUX still finds the qux symbol. > > -lBAR -lQUX : FAIL bar.o is excluded because it was not found > to be useful to anyone preceeding -lBAR. > > Is this correct? Looks correct. (Not really a GCC question.) Ian
