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Linking static libraries to other static libraries

I have a small piece of code that depends on many static libraries (a_1-a_n). I'd like to package up that code in a static library and make it available to other people. My static library, lets call it X, compiles fine. I've created a simple sample program that uses a function from X, but when I try to link it to X, I get many errors...

Getting the DLL name from a mingw32-compiled lib/a file

Hi, I am changing our build system in order to handle cross-compiling and packaging. It is a common thing to ship dependencies' DLLs but CMake's FindXXX modules(./configure checks) don't provide the path to these DLLs but only to .a files. I quickly looked inside the .a libs and they all seem to contain the DLL's name. What would be a...

How to open a .a file

I've a little problem: I have to open a linker file, that have .a extension. I use Dev-C++, I don't know if it would be useful for you :-P I hope you will answer soon! Oh, and excuse me for my bad English, tell me if I made some mistakes! Thanks!! Ale ...

How to find version of a static lib *.a ?

Is there a terminal command which I can use to see the version of a static library (*.a) on my Mac? ...