> On May 4, 2016, at 11:03 AM, David Hoerl <dho...@mac.com> wrote: > > Subject says it all. My understanding was that for static libraries, the > linkage should be "Optional", and the list of required frameworks & libraries > made available to adopters of the static library (so they could "Required" > link to them.
A static library target doesn’t actually need to list any libraries to link with, because it isn’t linked at all. Instead the compiler output (the .o files) are just collected into an archive. The linking happens when the application (or dynamic library) that uses the static library is built. —Jens
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