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From: Pierre AUBERT <p.aubert@staubli.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:58:54 +0100
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Library order problem
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Chuck Meade wrote:

> I believe that this is GNU-specific, but try surrounding $(LIBS)
> with the --start-group and --end-group switches.  That has worked
> for me in the past when a group of interdependent libraries has
> needed multiple-scanning.  This should allow just one instance of
> $(LIBS) as well.
>

You're right, it works for me with only one invocation of LIBS and the old
definition (with the board specific library in first).
I think it's a good way to solve this problem.

>
> Chuck Meade
> The PTR Group
>
> > Please note that the libraries are already searched twice:
> >
> > ...
> > u-boot:         depend subdirs $(OBJS) $(LIBS) $(LDSCRIPT)
> >               $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LIBS) $(LIBS) -Map u-boot.map -o u-boot
> >
> > This is ugly, and I really would like to get rid of this.
> >
> ...
> >
> > Maybe there is a better way? We used to have ranlib for  things  like
> > this, but it does not seem to help on PPC. Anybody any ideas?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Wolfgang Denk

Best regards