"Charl P. Botha" <c.p.botha@its.tudelft.nl> writes: [...] > ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXv.so libXv.a > > This tends to do the trick at least for livid (the last time I checked). Although you gain very little from doing this, since the code won't have been compiled with -fPIC. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ "Quiet, you'll miss the humorous conclusion."