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Re: linking in static libraries under xcode?
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Re: linking in static libraries under xcode?


  • Subject: Re: linking in static libraries under xcode?
  • From: Chris Ridd <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 14:20:59 +0000

On 6/2/04 12:01 pm, Bill Northcott <email@hidden> wrote:

>> On Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 04:33 PM, Bill Northcott wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/02/2004, at 3:11 AM, Shantonu Sen wrote:
>>>> What?!?!?!!?
>>>>
>>>> No, Xcode can use static archives just fine.
>>>> 1) For your tool target "reader", add a "Frameworks and Libraries"
>>>> phase if it doesn't have one already. Project > New Build Phase > New
>>>> Frameworks and Libraries Phase
>>>> 2) Add the library. Projects > Add Frameworks... Navigate to your
>>>> static archive. Add it to the appropriate targets via checkboxes
>>>> 3) If you later need to add it to other targets, drag the reference
>>>> in your project hierarchy to the appropriate "Frameworks and
>>>> Libraries" phase
>>>
>>> I don't think you are contradicting what I said, just helpfully
>>> expanding it.   Was I wrong to say that you cannot use use '-lfoo' on
>>> an ld command line if libfoo.a is a conventional archive?  I certainly
>>> tried test cases on this and ld spat the dummy every time.
>>
>> Not to derail the Xcode discussion, but you are certainly wrong that
>> '-lfoo' fails to work with libfoo.a, using gcc/ld.  I use this without
>> problem (but I have yet to convince Xcode to work with my project, a
>> separate issue).
>>
>>
> What do you mean by gcc/ld?  How was libfoo.a created?
>
> If I try something like
> ld -o someexecutable grog.o bar.o -lfoo
> where libfoo.a is an archive made with
> ar -cru -o libfoo.a yuch.o grok.o blob.o
> ranlib -s libfoo.a
> I will get
> libfoo.a is not a valid object file
> and it wil break.
>
> Are you saying this is different for you?

It is certainly different for me, as ar fails to run.

ar: illegal option combination for -r
usage:  ar -d [-TLsv] archive file ...
        ar -m [-TLsv] archive file ...
        ar -m [-abiTLsv] position archive file ...
        ar -p [-TLsv] archive [file ...]
        ar -q [-cTLsv] archive file ...
        ar -r [-cuTLsv] archive file ...
        ar -r [-abciuTLsv] position archive file ...
        ar -t [-TLsv] archive [file ...]
        ar -x [-ouTLsv] archive [file ...]

Try just 'ar r libfoo.a yuch.o grok.o blob.o' and 'ranlib libfoo.a'. Works
for me!

[titanium:~] cjr% what `which ar`
/usr/bin/ar
        PROGRAM:ar  PROJECT:cctools-498  DEVELOPER:root  BUILT:Tue Nov  4
15:56:50 PST 2003
[titanium:~] cjr% what `which ranlib`
/usr/bin/ranlib
        PROGRAM:cctools_misc  PROJECT:cctools-498  DEVELOPER:root  BUILT:Tue
Nov  4 15:52:54 PST 2003

Cheers,

Chris
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