linking problems with several static libraries

[Omer Zak]

On Wed, 2013-07-10 at 21:31 +0300, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
> My program needs liba, which in turn needs libb.. which in turn needs libk. 
> The last libk needs symbols from liba.. and this is where it gets funky. While 
> linking g++ complains that symbols are missing ... and from ar+nm I see that 
> those symbols are avarilable on liba.

You did not say if those libraries are your employer's or provided by
3rd parties.

If the libraries are your employer's, then the long range solution is to
restructure (another term is refactor) them to eliminate the circular
dependencies from which you suffer.

This would also make it possible to develop unit tests for the libraries
and for your project in general.

If the libraries are provided by a 3rd party, then report a bug (!)
against them, and have them refactor the libraries to fix the bug.

--- Omer


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