Re: Upgrading GNAT GPS 5.0 -> 5.3

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:18:49 +0300, Victor Porton wrote:

> Egil H H wrote:
> 
>> On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:10:31 PM UTC+2, Victor Porton wrote:
>>  
>>>    package Linker is
>>> 
>>>       for Linker_Options use ("-lraptor2");
>>> 
>>>    end Linker;
>>>
>> 
>> From the GPRbuild User's Guide (emphasis mine):
>> Linker.Linker_Options:
>> This attribute specifies additional switches to be given to the linker
>> when linking an executable.
>> *It*is*ignored*when*defined*in*the*main*project* and taken into account in
>> all other projects that are imported directly or indirectly. These
>> switches complement the Linker.Switches defined in the main project. This
>> is useful when a particular subsystem depends on an external library:
>> adding this dependency as a Linker_Options in the project of the subsystem
>> is more convenient than adding it to all the Linker.Switches of the main
>> projects that depend upon this subsystem.
> 
> I don't understand.
> 
> Does this mean that it's impossible to link a library to the main project?!

It means that the option is intended for library projects not for the
client projects.

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