Bug#807383: gcc-doc: Manpage documentation of -l is incorrect
Hello,
the manual text has been fixed upstream for gcc-9.1.0.
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-9.1.0/gcc/Link-Options.html#Link-Options
The linker searches a standard list of directories for the library. The
directories searched include several standard system directories plus
any that you specify with -L.
Static libraries are archives of object files, and have file names like
liblibrary.a. Some targets also support shared libraries, which
typically have names like liblibrary.so. If both static and shared
libraries are found, the linker gives preference to linking with the
shared library unless the -static option is used.
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