Hi Sven, On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 11:44:42AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2020-11-22 11:29 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > What am I missing? > > I think this happens because g++ passes --as-needed to the linker in > unstable, but not in stable. Your test program is compiled with > > g++ -o linktest $(pkg-config --cflags --libs libola) debian/tests/hw.cc > > and that adds -lola at the wrong place in the commandline. According to > the binutils documentation, --as-needed has this effect: > > ,---- > | Object files or libraries appearing on the command line _after_ the > | library in question do not affect whether the library is seen as needed. > | This is similar to the rules for extraction of object files from > | archives. '--no-as-needed' restores the default behaviour. > `---- > > So, > > g++ -o linktest debian/tests/hw.cc $(pkg-config --cflags --libs libola) > > is probably you want instead.
I was going to say "but 913704", but somehow I lost that change... D'oh. That would explain it, obviously. Thanks! -- To the thief who stole my anti-depressants: I hope you're happy -- seen somewhere on the Internet on a photo of a billboard
