Re: To compile a .so lib

["Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Arun Sharma forced the electrons to say:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 06:18:26PM +0530, G Gautam wrote:
> > I have the source for openssl, but when I compile, I get an .a archive.
> > Lynx wants a .so library. How do I compile, so that I get a .so library ?
> 
> gcc -shared *.o  -o libfoo.so

Shouldn't that be:

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

Arun? Isn't that -W necessary?

Binand

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