Re: libtool problem with --whole-archive/--no-whole-archive

On 26 Nov 2014 11:20, Venkatesh Vivekanandan wrote:
> Problem is, platform linker command doesn't have
> --whole-archive/--no-whole-archive around the lib. Instead it comes later
> in the command line.

iirc, libtool likes to sort things for you

> How to propogate the --whole-archive/--no-whole-archive all the way down to
> example app linking?. Importantly, it should be around the -lmyextlib. I
> can make changes only at platform/targetA/Makefile.am as example/* is
> common across all other platforms.
> 
> Note: Tried libtool's suggestion of -Wl,'-whole-archive -lfoo
> -no-whole-archive' as mentioned in
> lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2002-05/msg00043.html but that didn't
> work.

what do you mean by "didn't work" ?

maybe quoting is messing you up ?  you could try:
 -Wl,--whole-archive,-lfoo,--no-whole-archive
-mike

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