On 12/26/2011 08:46 AM, J Decker wrote: > I have this huge project that I've been building with cmake; and even > under gcc (mingw) I don't have this problem... but what is happening > is I have a generic list of libraries that I provide for applications > to link against. This includes the c version and the c++ version of > two libraries. On Windows, only those libraries that are actually > used are referenced in the final output. On Linux, with very recent > gcc compilers, the programs end up with references to both libraries, > and both(all 4) libraries are loaded. I understand that this is > probably a feature of some sort; but now do I specify for ld to only > use the libraries that have referenced symbols in them?
Actually, it should be just the reverse. Recent versions of Linux (Ubuntu and Debian I know of) should have --as-needed and --no-copy-dt-needed-entries in effect by default, causing the behaviour you want. Michael -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake