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Re: B19: Link error between libs linked with -l


On Sun, 27 Sep 1998, Adam Chlipala wrote:

> When I do something like the following:
> gcc file.c -l1 -l2
> I get linker errors involving functions found in 1 and used in 2.  When
> I move a lib to the cwd and do:
> gcc file.c lib1.a -l2
> all is well.  Am I doing something incorrectly here or is this a bug?

When you use -l<libname>, you must also supply a -L<dirname> to tell
the linker where to find it (unless it's in one of the standard or
default directories).
  
  $ gcc file.c -L. -l1 -l2 

will fix your problem.

Mumit

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