Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 13:49:47 +0100 (MET)
From: Finn Nielsen <fnie AT login DOT dknet DOT dk>
Sender: fnie AT login DOT dknet DOT dk
Reply-To: fnie AT login DOT dknet DOT dk
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Archiving .o - files into a library

When I try to convert .o files into .a files, using ar, I find
that the compiler refuses to read the resulting library:

Assuming the file coll.o, compiled from coll.cpp using "gcc coll.cpp -c":

>ar -sr libcoll.a coll.o
(no error, but then running the library through the compiler:)

>gcc libcoll.a
libcoll.a: could not read symbols: No symbols


I've tried using nm to list the symbols in libcoll.a:

>nm -s libcoll.a
...libcoll.o: File format not recognized

However, the coll.o file links fine into the compiler, when specified
directly. Can anyone help?

-Finn
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