Re: Problems in compiling a static binary

[Chris Purnell <cjp@oit.net>]

On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 07:18:39PM +0100, Andrea Pintori wrote:

> but the program I
> have to compile uses libraries such as "vga.h", "vgagl.h" and
> when I try to compile it with something like
> "g++ dummy.cpp -lvga -lvgagl -static"
> 
> I receive a lot of error messages:
> 
> /usr/lib/libvga.a(vga.o): In function `__svgalib_open_devconsole':
> vga.o(.text+0x5d7): undefined reference to `_IO_stdin_'
> vga.o(.text+0x5e1): undefined reference to `_IO_stdout_'
> vga.o(.text+0x5eb): undefined reference to `_IO_stderr_'

It looks like libc incompatability between your libvga.a
and libc.a.  This libvga.a is libc5.  If your libc.a is
libc6 (glibc2) then you need a newer libvga.a.

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