Re: libraries order during linking

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Sat, 7/3/10, Thomas Weber <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: Thomas Weber <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: libraries order during linking
> To: "Sergei Steshenko" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 8:00 AM
> On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 05:18:27AM
> -0700, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Sat, 6/26/10, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> > > Subject: libraries order during linking
> > > To: address@hidden
> > > Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 7:17 PM
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I am still building octave-3.0.5 and I've noticed
> that
> > > libraries are supplied
> > > in this order : "-lcblas -lf77blas -latlas".
> > > 
> > > I think that 'atlas' has some functions names the
> same way
> > > as 'blas' ones.
> > > 
> > > If this is correct, shouldn't the order be
> "-latlas -lcblas
> > > -lf77blas" for
> > > 'atlas' functions to be picked ?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > >   Sergei.
> > > 
> > > 
> > >       
> > > 
> > 
> > Anybody ?
> 
> It's my understanding that the order at build time doesn't
> matter. At
> run time, the linker needs to find the symbols and will
> take the first
> match.

Your statement is correct for dynamic linking (with ATLAS in this case).

Is it always the case ?

Thanks,
  Sergei.