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Also, if you only need to link static library into the shared library, you don't need to extract all<br />
of .o from it, you can simply use<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp;% ld -shared -o mydynlib.so -Lmystaticlibname<br />
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Assume your static library name is libmystaticlibname.a<br />
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kejin
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Also, if you only need to link static library into the shared library, you don't need to extract all
of .o from it, you can simply use

   % ld -shared -o mydynlib.so -Lmystaticlibname

Assume your static library name is libmystaticlibname.a

kejin

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That -L should be -l, and you also need to include the main object files in the link! &nbsp;E.g.<br />
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ld -shared -o mydynlib.so -lmystaticlibname dynlib1.o dynlib2.o ...<br />
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And I would use gcc instead of ld as the linker. &nbsp;Gcc uses ld for its linking, but is usually configured to add necessary search paths and other options to the ld invocation.<br />
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And the code in the static library doesn't have to be position independent (i.e. compiled with gcc -fpic). &nbsp;If it isn't, the shared library won't be as shared as you might like, though. &nbsp;It will contain more copy-on-write areas.<br />

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That -L should be -l, and you also need to include the main object files in the link!  E.g.

ld -shared -o mydynlib.so -lmystaticlibname dynlib1.o dynlib2.o ...

And I would use gcc instead of ld as the linker.  Gcc uses ld for its linking, but is usually configured to add necessary search paths and other options to the ld invocation.

And the code in the static library doesn't have to be position independent (i.e. compiled with gcc -fpic).  If it isn't, the shared library won't be as shared as you might like, though.  It will contain more copy-on-write areas.


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Hello,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I am trying to build a shared library. This library in turn makes a call to static library provided by the Operating system. Please let me know how do i link this static library to the shared library.<br />
Finally this shared library has to be linked to an executable.<br />
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Best regards<br />
Narayan
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Hello,
        I am trying to build a shared library. This library in turn makes a call to static library provided by the Operating system. Please let me know how do i link this static library to the shared library.
Finally this shared library has to be linked to an executable.

Best regards
Narayan

how to link static library to a shared library

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