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Subject: Re: Seeing new libs in /usr/local/lib? (ldconfig?)
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HERBELOT Thierry wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Beware of Static/dynamic libraries (your library is .a, so it is static
> and must be linked-in at he compilation/linking time
>
> [snip]
>
> So : all your attempts to use ldconfig or LD_LIBRARY_PATH are useless,
> you must add a line in your makefile to direct gcc to search for static
> libraries (-L option)

Thanks for the explanation! - Things are beginning to become clear now! - does
anyone have any recommended reading on unix libraries etc. in general?

-Karl


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