NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/22370

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From: [e-mail] (James Michael Chacon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: G++:where is the c++ library? I couldn't link c++ program.
Date: 1 Jan 1993 13:13:09 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
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[e-mail] (kevin fisher U) writes:

>Weijin Mai ([e-mail]) wrote:
>:
>:     I compiled the C++ program and produced an object file. The problem is
>: I couldn't link it with the appropiate c++ library. My program uses cout and
>: cin and the linker doesn't find the library for these two functions. I used
>: the -llibrary switch and tried out all the library in usr/lib without success.
>: Why can't g++/gcc determine the library it needs from header file?[D[
>: What is the library for iostream.h?

>I had this problem, and someone kindly enlightened me, so I will enlighten
>you--compile using the -static option.  All your woes will end.
>The samaritan that helped me said it was because gcc can only use the static
>libraries or something.

Actually what you should do is use the -nojump option instead. This way, the
shared libraries get linked in, and you don't have huge binaries in the end.

You have to use either -nojump or -static, because the g++ stuff hasn't
been integrated into the jump tables as of yet. But, using the -nojump is a lot better just because of size considerations.


James