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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:00:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Elfyn McBratney <elfyn-cygwin AT sickpuppy DOT co DOT uk>
To: Zhaosong Lu <zhaosong AT isye DOT gatech DOT edu>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: How to link the following library under Cygwin?
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Try this:

  $ gcc -o test -L. libmetis.a initialize.c

You need to include the static archive into your image. I'm pretty sure the -l{} only applies to shared libraries.

Elfyn
elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk


--- Zhaosong Lu <zhaosong AT isye DOT gatech DOT edu> wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I dowload one graph partition package called "metis" and build it into
>"libmetis.a".   
>Then I write one file "initialize.c" which calls one function
>'METIS_NodeND' inside from the package "metis". After compilation  and
>linking them under Cygwin/xFree86 as follows:
>
>gcc -o test initialize.c -L. -lmetis   
>
>gives the following information:
>
>initialize.o(.text+0x4b8):initialize.c: undefined reference to '_METIS_NodeND' 
>collect2: ld returned 1 exit status.
>
>AS we know, it is fine under Linux. Would you like to tell me how to
>compile the library "libmetis.a" and my "initialize.c" under Cygwin/XFree86? 
>
>Your help will be highly appreciated.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>Zhaosong 
>----------------------------------------------
>Zhaosong Lu
>School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
>Georgia Institute of Technology 30332
>Tel:1-404-873-1929(H) 1-404-894-4318(O)
>----------------------------------------------  
>
>
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