Re: wrapping static libraries

since the object files weren't compiled with PIC i don't think this 
will make a difference.

-SM-

On Sep 17, 2004, at 11:27 AM, Anton Deguet wrote:

> A stupid though, on most Unix systems, can't you use "ar" to extract 
> all
> the .o files of the static library and link them in a .so with the
> _wrap.o file generated from the wrapping code?
>
> Anton
>
>
> On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 13:39, Marcelo Matus wrote:
> > Then probably you will need to link the static library against Perl, 
> > and
> > make an especial Perl binary... well, that is at least what you have
> > to do with python, if you don't have the shared library and only the
> > static one.
> >
> > Marcelo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Anton Deguet wrote:
> >
> > > I believe the question is different.  The library is static and can 
> > > NOT
> > > be recompiled since it is a third party one.
> > >
> > > I would guess that one could generate the wrapping code with swig,
> > > compile it and then link it against the existing static library, 
> > > forming
> > > a fairly large library containing the static one.
> > >
> > > Anton
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 12:58, Marcelo Matus wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > read the ICC compiler, and look for the -fpic, -fPIC or -kPIC 
> > > > option.
> > > >
> > > > to build a shared library, you need to add the PIC flag.
> > > >
> > > > marcelo
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Scott Murman wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > i'm trying to wrap a 3rd-party static library on an IA64 system.  
> > > > > the
> > > > > intel compilers are complaining that the static library is not
> > > > > compiled with PIC, so that i can't build a shared library that perl
> > > > > can load at runtime.  is this a general limitation, or something 
> > > > > more
> > > > > specific to these compilers?   are there possible solutions?
> > > > >
> > > > > -SM-
> > > > >
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