Re: XForms: Can't seem to statically link

From: Steve Lamont (spl@eggshell.ucsd.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 13:29:05 EST

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    # To subscribers of the xforms list from Steve Lamont <spl@eggshell.ucsd.edu> :

    > . . . If I try to link against a local
    > version of 1.0 (not installed, just compiled in a
    > special directory) the link goes through, but running
    > the program resuls in the following:
    >
    > /xqtl: error while loading shared libraries: libforms.so.1: cannot open shared
    > object file: No such file or directory

    Did you set LD_LIBRARY_PATH?

    > Maybe I am just dim, but why is it trying to find the shared lib
    > when I tried to compile with the static lib?

    Because the linker will insist on using a shared library if it is
    available unless explictly told otherwise. You must bracket the
    `-lforms' with `-static' and `-dynamic' (or whatever's the equivalent
    in your linker's lexicon).

                                                            spl
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