Cross compiling using Eclipse C/C++ CDT
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I am using a Windows host machine to cross compile programs on to a Linux RT platform using a GCC cross compiler. Assume, the C program I write, links to a shared library libShared.so as I am using functions defined in that library inside my program. In the Eclipse editor I am providing the library name (libshared.so), and its path under linker options. Now when I compile the program, I get compilation errors since libShared.so links to multiple other libraries (eg: lib11.so, lib12.so, lib13.so), but I am not explicitly calling any functions from these libraries. My question is, Why should the compiler generate errors, when I don't explicitly use functions defined in those libraries ? However when I specify the name and path of the libraries liked by libShared.so, the compilation passes.
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I am using a Windows host machine to cross compile programs on to a Linux RT platform using a GCC cross compiler. Assume, the C program I write, links to a shared library libShared.so as I am using functions defined in that library inside my program. In the Eclipse editor I am providing the library name (libshared.so), and its path under linker options. Now when I compile the program, I get compilation errors since libShared.so links to multiple other libraries (eg: lib11.so, lib12.so, lib13.so), but I am not explicitly calling any functions from these libraries. My question is, Why should the compiler generate errors, when I don't explicitly use functions defined in those libraries ? However when I specify the name and path of the libraries liked by libShared.so, the compilation passes.
Regards, Vijay Blog : Amusement of a speculative mind...[^] Projects : Amusement of a dilettante mind...[^]
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Why should the compiler generate errors, when I don't explicitly use functions defined in those libraries ?
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libShareddoes.THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?! -- C++ FQA Lite