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@@ -53,6 +53,27 @@ Use autotools to build this package: ---- If the environment variable GTEST_CONFIG is set to the path of the gtest-config script in a Gtest tree test will also be built. +== Linking against CommonAPI + +CommonAPI bindings requires successful activation of all static initialization code on library load. Therefore it is +necessary to activate certain linker flags to ensure this is always the case. These should be specified in the +pkg-config files of the respective bindings, but are also listed here. In case of dynamic linking (.so) +--no-as-needed must be specified: +---- +-Wl,--no-as-needed -lbindingLib -Wl,--as-needed +---- + +In case of static linking --whole-archive must be specified: +---- +-Wl,--whole-archive bindingLib.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive +---- + +=== Linking generated proxies & stubs + +Generated proxies and stubs also require successful activation of all static initialization code on load. +If they are provided in either a static or dynamic library to the application they must also be linked wrapped in the +flags described above. + == Elements marked as deprecated All elements that are marked as deprecated on Common API level are considered to be redundant, and normally |