On Apr 13, 2000, Kevin Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> In general, it can't be done.  Sometimes libtool has to combine flags,
>> or to set environment variables, in order to link successfully.

> Could you elaborate.  When shared libraries are used simply linking with 
> -lpspell should work as all the dependences will automatically be tracked
> down provided that the system supports interlibrary dependencies.

Not on all systems.

> If static libraries are used ALL required libraries must be specified on
> the command line.  That is what my script will be for.

> What else must be done?  

There's the issue of merging -R/-rpath flags, if needed, or setting an
environment variable with them, since on some systems there's no
-R/-rpath flag.  More details (lots of them! :-) in the archives.

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