Hi

I cannot seem to find any good documentation on the role of
flags -Bdynamic and -Bstatic in g++. The man pages are not
very helpful either.
I found an example on the web:
"gcc object1.o object2.o -Wl,-Bstatic -lapplejuice -Wl,-Bdynamic -lorangejuice -o binary"
According to which -Bstatic instructs the linker to statically link
the applejuice library and to dynamically link the orangejuice
library. If orangejuice uses the applejuice library anywhere however,
the applejuice is also linked dynamically.
Is it correct to assume that this is correct and describes the true
functionality of those two flags in gcc? (ie: Bstatic and Bdynamic
are used for mixing static and shared libraries during linking)
Is it correct to assume that the same applies to g++ as well?

Thanks a lot.

Hey,

these two options are basically linker options and not part of gcc/g++. The gcc option -Wl,-Bdynamic indicates that -Bdynamic is passed down to the linker. But generally, your assumption is true, that -Bdynamic links against shared library (if the underlying OS and executable format support dynamic linking) and -Bstatic says to not link against shared libraries, though static libraries.

So, yes, these options could be used for both, gcc and g++!

- Andi -

From the MAN GCC(1):

Diab is a compiler, I believe.

If you are interested in mixed static and dynamic linking with gcc, may I recommend my brief tutorial?

http://www.indicium.us/site_blog/201...c-linking.html