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Re: [cdt-dev] New build paradigms

>>>>> "Cory" == Bialowas, Cory <cbialowas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Cory> I have hit the issue before where object files or libraries
Cory> passed to the linker had to be in a certain order, it was
Cory> because the linker was a single pass (as opposed to two pass)
Cory> linker which had to be able to resolve all symbols in order
Cory> without scanning through everything first. I don't believe this
Cory> is that common anymore, but this may be something the build
Cory> mechanism being worked on may need to support.

Actually, on Unix it is standard to make just a single pass through
the libraries.  Library ordering is critical.  Object ordering is not.

Tom


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