On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> On 15/08/2017 09:30, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>> The stupid fix is to repeat libraries until the link succeeds:
>>>
>>> test-util-obj-y = libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a libqemuutil.a
>>>
>>> You may have seen this with -lX11 if you're old enough.
>>>
>>> ld(1) suggests the linker can do it for us:
>>>
>>> -( archives -)
>>> --start-group archives --end-group
>>> The archives should be a list of archive files. They may be either
>>> explicit file names, or -l options.
>>>
>>> The specified archives are searched repeatedly until no new
>>> undefined references are created. Normally, an archive is searched
>>> only once in the order that it is specified on the command line.
>>> If a symbol in that archive is needed to resolve an undefined
>>> symbol referred to by an object in an archive that appears later on
>>> the command line, the linker would not be able to resolve that
>>> reference. By grouping the archives, they all be searched
>>> repeatedly until all possible references are resolved.
>>>
>>> Using this option has a significant performance cost. It is best
>>> to use it only when there are unavoidable circular references
>>> between two or more archives.
>>>
>>> Sticking '-Wp,-(' and '-Wp,-)' into the command line I get from make V=1
>>> doesn't work for me, though.
>>>
>>> The smart solution is not to have .a reference each other.
>>
>> Nah, I think we should teach those new kids on the block about -lX11
>> instead. :)
This sounds scary...
>>
>>> Paolo, what do you think?
>>
>> Another possibility is to just merge the two static libraries into one.
>
> Sounds good to me!
I feel like I have opened a can of worms.
I can try and combine libqemustub.a into libqemuutil.a is that the
solution? I just want to make sure before I start this.
Thanks,
Alistair
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