Re: Upgrading GNAT GPS 5.0 -> 5.3

[Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru>]

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?!

> So, try to use Linker.Switches or Linker.Default_Switches instead of
> Linker.Linker_Options.
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