Link a static library to a shared one during build?

Question

I have a problem building a shared library with GCC/Linux. Currently this shared library is created with GCC/libtool option \"-shared\" and everything is fine.

Now there

Answer 1

You only need the --whole-archive parameter to force the linker to include the library, but it should be able to infer its own needs from unmatched symbols.

Ensure that any static libraries on the command-line come after their dependent object-files e.g.:

g++ -Wl,-E -g -pipe -O2 -pipe -fPIC  myobjectfile.o mystaticlibrary.a -shared -o mylib.so