Thanks again, Yaakov. The problem now that the linker doesn't like the undefined references for a static library any better then it does for a DLL. I can get a static library file if I just run the defualt makefiles which use "ar" followed by "randlib" to make a table, but that doesn't produce viable executibles when I link it to the test files including the X11 libraries, carefull observing the linking order as Yaakov suggested. On the other hand, if I try to create the static library using the linker instead (via gcc) as in gcc -o staticfoo.a foo_1.o ... foo_n.o -lXpm -lX11 it gives exactly the same "undefined reference" errors as in the case for when I try to make a shared library (DLL) with the addition of /lib/libcygwin.a(libcmain.o):(.text+0xab): undefined reference to [EMAIL PROTECTED]' I suppose I left something important out of that line. I know I can run ld directly or pass it options with "-Wl" but I must not know the right options to set in any event. Sorry, I'm very inexperienced at making libraries. I've tried to use the ar/randlib approach after compiling with what I know are the right include directories and linking with the correct library paths, but the resulting executibles still aren't working.
It occurs to me that the simple way to compile an executible using this library is just to forget making it a separate library and link all the library's object files directly to the executible. That seems like the simplest solution and I don't see why it won't work as long as I specify the X11 library dependencies correctly at link time. Mike ----- Original Message ---- From: Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2008 10:53:38 AM Subject: Re: Can you make a DLL from a library that requires caller-defined functions? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTWLL ! Michael Rogers wrote: | Yes, precisely. It has symbols for routines that are declared in a | header file and called in some of the library routines. But they | are actually required to be defined in the calling program. Thinking | back to libraries I've linked to in the past, I don't think this | is an entirely uncommon practice, at least with not static libraries. It's not, and in those cases, generally a static library is necessary. | It's fine with me to make it static but it has dependencies on the X11 | and Xpm libraries, which are DLLs. So would it be ok to make it at | static library? Yes, as long as you make sure that you link the executable in the right order. IOW: gcc -o bar.exe bar.o -lstaticfoo -lXpm -lX11 If you change the order of the link libraries, it will not work. | The original library was static and was intended to be linkable | against arbitrary calling programs, as long as they define the | three required functions within them. I want this library only | because it is used in one specific physics program - that's my real | goal. So I don't absolutely need it to be linked against any other | programs (but the test programs would be nice). Sounds like static is the way to go, particularly if you're not linking other libraries against this one. Yaakov -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkibKJIACgkQpiWmPGlmQSPWCACfZHj0FVqi0hoAIlqWki15P67l vOsAnjtKPa5PYZgCZvzx4f6VfakTBhSp =sV9p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
