Re: Creating mixed language static libraries with gpr files?

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Ludovic Brenta wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> Markus Schoepflin wrote on comp.lang.ada:
>
> > Using gcc 4.3.3, I'm trying to create a static library that contains both
> > object files created from Ada and C.
>
> > The gpr file to create the library (only using the Ada parts) looks like this:
>
> > ---%<---
> > project foo is
>
> >    for source_dirs use ("src");
> >    for object_dir use "obj";
>
> >    for library_name use "foo";
> >    for library_dir use "./lib";
> >    for library_kind use "static";
>
> > end foo;
> > --->%---
>
> > Now I have a few object files built from C sources. Is it possibly to use
> > the gnat project file to create the static library including those object
> > files?
>
> Off the top of my head, this requires that you use gprmake instead of
> gnatmake. gprmake is part of GPS; if you have GPS on your system, then
> maybe you have gprmake too. If you don't have it, you can still use a
> Makefile to complement your project file. You can easily add an object
> file to an existing static library with "ar rt libLIBRARY.a
> object_file_produced_from_c.o".

I just checked and, on Debian, the package gnat-4.3 provides /usr/bin/
gprmake :) Enjoy!

--
Ludovic Brenta.