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From: Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading GNAT GPS 5.0 -> 5.3
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:59:48 +0300
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Date: 2014-08-14T18:59:48+03:00
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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

> 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.

But if I wanted to add linker option -lraptor2 to a non-library project, 
what I would need to do?

Many non-library projects need to link to libraries.

-- 
Victor Porton - http://portonvictor.org