Re: shared library tutorial?

[Ioannis Tambouras <ioannis@flinet.com>]

 The elf how-to briefly mentions something about this, it says:

 "just compile all the object files with -fPIC, then link with a
  command like

        gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libfoo.so.y -o libfoo.so.y.x *.o

  If that looks complex, you obviously haven't ever read up on the
  equivalent procedure for a.out shared libraries, which involves com-
  piling the library twice, reserving space for all the data you think
  that the library is likely to require in future, and registering that
  address space with a third party (it's described in a document over 20
  pages long --- look at
  <ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/src/tools-2.17.tar.gz>
  for details)."

   


 I think that is what you want.



Ioannis Tambouras 
ioannis@flinet.com, West Palm Beach, Florida
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On Fri, 28 Feb 1997, Dale Martin wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> 	I have built a PCCTS source package - PCCTS is the "Purdue
> Compiler-Construction Tool Set" - it produces LL(K) parsers.  I'm
> using it in a project which I will eventually Debianize.  The PCCTS
> package is close to ready to upload, except it has some libraries in
> it, and I would like to compile them as shared libraries and don't
> know how.  (I'd also like to use shared libraries in my own project.)
> 
> Can anyone point me to an online reference on how to compile and use
> shared libraries?  Note that I'm also interested in the portability of
> the solution - my project also is working with Linux/Alpha, and
> Solaris machines...
> 
> Thanks for any info!
> 
> 	Dale
> 
>