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Subject: Re: The best possible way to call a function in a shared library
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On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 9:43:52 AM UTC-4, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2017-10-03 13:32, John Smith wrote:
> 
> > I've tried to include the source like so, but keep getting the above error that I posted earlier:
> > 
> > gnatmake main_static.adb -largs -aI../../../src -L../../../bin/debug -lsimpleLibs
> 
> The switch -I is not for linker, it is for compiler!
> 
>     gnatmake -I../../../src
>              main_static.adb
>              -largs -L../../../bin/debug -lsimpleLibs
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Dmitry A. Kazakov
> http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

Hi again,

I did what you suggested and this is the error that I'm getting now:

gnatmake : gnatmake: could not find the main ALI file
At line:1 char:1
+ gnatmake -l../../../src .\main_static.adb -largs -L../../../bin/debug ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (gnatmake: could...e main ALI file:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

Why do the ALI files matter?  Aren't the definitions in the *.ads files?  Are the *.o file needed as well?