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Peter Van Osta wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am having serious trouble with linking shared objects (.so files) and
> crossreferencing between libraries. If you could respond by email
> (remove _NOSPAM from address) ?
>
> Shared object problem:
> ----------------------
> Creating qaz...
> /home/mcube/lib/Linux/libqwe.so: file not recognized: File format not
> recognized
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [qaz] Error 1
>
> I compile the libraries to ".a" files and use these files at the momnet
> as I cannot use the ".so" files. Using the ".a" files works. The only
> information i ahve is that there isa difference in the fact that our new
> ".so" files are "stripped":
>
> ".so" files of our software:
> libqwe.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1,
> stripped
> libcbpim21.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1, not
> stripped
>
> Version information:
> ld -v geeft:
> GNU ld version 2.11.90.0.8 (with BFD 2.11.90.0.8)
>
> gcc -v gives:
> gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)
>
> ranlib -v gives:
> GNU ranlib 2.11.90.0.8
>
> uname -a gives:
> Linux linux-1 2.4.7-10 #1 Thu Sep 6 17:27:27 EDT 2001 i686 unknown
>
> Crossreferencing between libraries:
> -----------------------------------
>
> I have some libraries that depend on functions in other libraries, so
> they are not "self-contained". I tried to follow the advce to change the
> order in which they are linked, but that doens't seem to work. What can
> I do to solve this problem ?
>
> Info:
>
> /home/abc/lib/Linux/libsrty.so: undefined reference to `test_dir'
> /home/abc/lib/Linux/libsrty.so: undefined reference to `make_dir'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [qaz_02] Error 1
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Peter
>
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The best solution is to remove all non-selfcontained functions/libs.
It is a terrible idea to have libfoo use something in libbar, while
libbar also uses something in libfoo.  See the ld docs if you really
can't  find a way to reprogram around this situation.

Speaking only for myself,

Joe Durusau