Madan Mohan Jampani wrote:

> Hi,
>   I have a problem linking a library archive with the gcc
> I have a program the uses the library "liblug.a"
> I put this archive in /usr/local/lib ( I put this path in /etc/ld.so.conf and ran ldconfig )
> The program uses a function read_gif_file() present in this library..
> I try to link using -llug.
> But I get a error saying undefined reference to read_gif_file().
> I did a nm -s /usr/local/lib/liblug.a  | grep liblug.a
> and found the function in there....
>
> Please tell me what else I need to check
>
> Thanks
> Madan.
>
>
>
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... hmmm, ... I thought all the time, that ``ldconfig'' is used for dynamic libs.
 ... add the ``-L /usr/local/lib'' to your command line.

( see info gcc -> Invoking -> Linker Options )

Hope this helps
Frank