<solved> freebsd equiv of libdl.a (load shared libs)

Steve Franks stevefranks at ieee.org
Wed Mar 26 14:46:55 PDT 2008


On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Steve Franks <stevefranks at ieee.org> wrote:
> I am porting a linux app which is looking for libdl.a (which I
>  understand from googling is related to loading of shared libs).  The
>  app makes a libusb-based shared lib.  FreeBSD uses shared libs, so I
>  assume there is equivalent functionality somewhere.  I also see
>  libdl.a in /compat/linux/lib, but I assume if I link a native FreeBSD
>  app against this, fireworks will be the only result.  I further assume
>  since I got no error from gcc, that some freebsd header actally points
>  to the exact functions expected in libdl.a, so they are in there
>  somewhere....
>
>  Steve
>
>  --
>  Steve Franks, KE7BTE
>  Staff Engineer
>  La Palma Devices, LLC
>  http://www.lapalmadevices.com
>  (520) 312-0089
>

Looks like changing -ldl to -lc (libc.a) to the link step in my
makefile did it.  No idea why they weren't picking that up...

Steve


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Steve Franks, KE7BTE
Staff Engineer
La Palma Devices, LLC
http://www.lapalmadevices.com
(520) 312-0089


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