Arch Linux

Good morning.

I am trying to compile this very simple test program:

#include "xercesc/util/XMLString.hpp"

int main()
{
XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_USE;
XMLCh* c= XMLString::transcode("xml");
return 0;
}

I compile it with:

g++ -o test.o -c -O2 -g -Wall -DLINUX -Istage/include -Iextra/include -I/usr/local/include test.c

All goes fine. If I try to link it with:

ld -no_archive -L/data/Work/Software/iplt/stage/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lxerces-c test.o

I get:

ld: cannot find -lxerces-c

But:

ls -l /usr/lib/libxerces-c*

Gives:lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2007-04-10 11:10 /usr/lib/libxerces-c.so -> libxerces-c.so.27.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2007-04-10 11:10 /usr/lib/libxerces-c.so.27 -> libxerces-c.so.27.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5292307 2007-02-27 10:58 /usr/lib/libxerces-c.so.27.0

So the dynamic library is there. Notice there is no static library (.a).

Now if I link with:

ld -L/data/Work/Software/iplt/stage/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lxerces-c test.o

(no no_archive option)

It links fine.

As far as I know, the no_archive option force the linker to use the dynamic libraries and not the static ones.

However, the successful linking cannot be a fallback to the static library because the static library is not available.

Anyone knows the reason for this behaviour?

Thanks for your help

Valerio

PS: If it is useful, this is my ld.so.conf

#
# /etc/ld.so.conf
#

/usr/X11R6/lib
/opt/kde/lib
/opt/qt/lib
/opt/intel/fce/9.1.036/lib/
/opt/intel/cce/9.1.042/lib/
/opt/lib32/lib
/opt/lib32/usr/lib
# End of file