Dynamically link libgnat - static

I'm trying to compile a very simple ADA code. Everything works like a charm but on one computer my executable is link dynamically to libgnat whereas on the other computer it's linked statically. In both cases I use gnatmake tool.
Any idea why it's happening?
Do you know a way to force GNAT to dynamically link libraries?

That would be the binder's -shared switch. If you are using project files, you can use:
project Foo is
...
package Binder is
for Switches ("Ada") use ("-shared");
end Binder;
end Foo;

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How to link an externally built C library to Ada default runtime math services (sin, cos, etc.)?

I need to use an externally built C library doing some calculation with trigonometric services to my Ada program. I do it well using an stm32 bb runtime (SFP) but when trying to do the same in a native environment using the default Ada runtime, I end up with linking problems. Hope I can find some help here.
I tried several configurations of project files (gpr) solutions and I always end up with the same kind of linking error:
Memory region Used Size Region Size %age Used/opt/gnat/gnat_native/bin/../libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/7.3.1/ld: /home/pulsar/repos/pulsar-software/something/lib_c/libC.a(something.o): in function `compute':
(.text+0xa5): undefined reference to `sin'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Here is what I've got so far.
The C library build sequence is as follows (confirmed by the library provider):
$ gcc -c something.c -o something.o
$ ar -r libsomethingLib.a something.o
The C library gpr file something_lib_c.gpr:
library project Something_Lib_C is
for Languages use ("C");
for Externally_Built use "true";
for Source_Dirs use ("src_c");
for Library_Dir use "lib_c";
for Library_Name use "somethingLib";
for Library_Kind use "static";
end Geocaging_Lib_C;
In the lib_c directory, I have the actual library libsomethingLib.a
In the src_c directory, I have the header API to use the C library (something.h):
#ifndef _GEOCAGING_H
#define _GEOCAGING_H
typedef struct something_s something_t;
extern void compute(something_t* const self);
#endif // _GEOCAGING_H
Then here is the Ada project file that wraps the C library something_lib.gpr:
with "something_lib_c.gpr";
project Something_Lib extends "../settings.gpr" is
for Languages use ("Ada");
for Source_Dirs use ("./src_ada");
for Object_Dir use "obj" & "/" & Target & "/" & Build;
end Geocaging_Lib;
In the directory src_ada, I have the Ada API wrapper (something_api.ads):
with Interfaces; use Interfaces;
with Interfaces.C; use Interfaces.C;
package Something_API is
type T_Something is null record;
procedure Compute (Something : access T_Something);
with Import => True,
Convention => C,
External_Name => "compute";
end Something_API;
And finally, I call the compute service from my Ada program by with-ing the Ada API wrapper.
Once again, when building/linking the whole thing for an arm-eabi target, using an stm32-full or stm32-sfp Ada runtime, everything runs well and the behavior of the library is validated.
The whole point is I'd like to do the thing in a native environment in order to run CI tests on it and I can't find a way to pass the link stage.
Last thing, in the Settings.gpr generic project file contains some common Ada build/bind/build switches that I can provide if necessary. But I can't see how this could work in arm and not in native with the same options. This HAS to be linked to the default Ada runtime thing...
Any idea?
If you were building with a C main program, what would you have to do to bring in the maths libraries at link time? ... possibly something like
gcc foo.c -l somethingLib -lm
What you need to do is to arrange for the -lm to be included whenever you call in something_lib_c.gpr.
I think that what you need to do is to modify library project Something_Lib_C to include the line
for Library_Options use ("-lm");
OK, my HUGE apologies to all of you who tried to help...
The solution was more obvious than I thought, I was just too obsessed with the thing working in arm and not in native.
BUT, the solution was simply to add the -lm switch to the global linker switches. Hence:
Ada_Switches_Linker_Native := (
"-Wl,--gc-sections"
,"-Wl,--verbose"
,"-Wl,-lm"
);
package Linker is
case Target is
when "native" =>
for Switches ("Ada") use Ada_Switches_Linker_Native;
...
end case;
end Linker;
In case it could be of interest for someone else, the fact that it works straightforward in arm environment and not in native is because the default runtime does not embed a specific mathematical library and you are supposed to use the C one provided by gcc, linking through the -lm switch.
In the contrary, when using a target specific runtime like arm (for stm32f4 for example), the correct mathematical libraries are provided, selected and automatically linked depending on your compilation options (-mhard-float, -msoft-float, etc.).
Sorry again and thank you very much for your time.

Unable to compile a c application that reads smartcard

I am trying to compile an example c application that is using pkcs#11 to finds all
the private keys on the token, and print their label and id, but getting following errors
/tmp/ccAqQ7UI.o: In function initialize':
pkcs11_example1.c:(.text+0x8e5): undefined reference to C_Initialize'
/tmp/ccAqQ7UI.o: In function `get_slot':
The example is taken from here
compilling by using following command;
`gcc pkcs11_example1.c -o slots -L /usr/lib/opensc-pkcs11.so`
I am not sure which library i should link after -L.
Can anyone guide how to compile this and are there some libraries required to link.
C_Initialize and other 60+ functions with "C_" prefix are cryptoki functions defined in PKCS#11 specification. They are usually implemented in standalone library provided by HSM vendor. Looking at your code samples I would say that you need to directly link also PKCS#11 library or you can modify the code to dynamically load PKCS#11 library in runtime with LoadLibrary or dlopen and then acquire pointers to all cryptoki functions via the C_GetFunctionList call. You can also take a look at pkcs11-logger the source code for an example on how to do that.
The link command you give, gcc pkcs11_example1.c -o slots -L /usr/lib/opensc-pkcs11.so, is wrong.
-L takes just path, which is added to paths where libs are searched from, but /usr/lib is default so you don't need this switch at all.
You are missing -l, which takes the library name without lib prefix or .so suffix, so looks like you need -lopensc-pkcs11.
So, first make sure your library file really is /usr/lib/libopensc-pkcs11.so (note lib prefix!) possibly with verion numbers following. Then change build options so link command becomes
gcc pkcs11_example1.c -o slots -lopensc-pkcs11

How to avoid library finding CMakeLists feature

I'm trying to adjust 3rd person code to my needs. This code is provided with CMake config files used to build and install it. There is possibility to choose one of libraries. And in code is often used #ifdef USE_FTD2XX directive. I saw that this is defined in CMamkeFiles.txt file like here:
option(USE_FTD2XX "Use FTDI libFTD2XX instead of free libftdi" ON)
if(USE_FTD2XX)
find_package(libFTD2XX)
endif(USE_FTD2XX)
if(LIBFTD2XX_FOUND)
include_directories(${LIBFTD2XX_INCLUDE_DIR})
add_definitions( -DUSE_FTD2XX )
else(LIBFTD2XX_FOUND)
set(LIBFTD2XX_LIBRARIES "")
endif(LIBFTD2XX_FOUND)
But if I simply use *.c and *.cpp files and I analyse and run it simply from IDE (Codeblocks), how could I set using this library in C++ code instead of in CMake? I'm also sure that I want use always this one so it can be fixed.
Should I simply #define USE_FTD2XX in main file?
You cannot simply #define USE_FTD2XX because you also need specific linker options for this to work (i.e. the library to link with). If the option is OFF in cmake, the specific link options won't be present in the Makefile and most likely you'll have linker errors.
So CMake takes care of everything automatically for you, but you need to re-generate your makefiles each time you want to toggle options on/off.
If only headers were involved and no library to link with (like some parts of the Boost framework), then yeah, defining USE_FTD2XX in your should be enough.

Statically linking multiple libraries with WinDDK

I am using the DDK to build a project. Several of the build targets generate small internal libraries -- for simplicity, let's call them LibA.lib, LibB.lib, and LibC.lib. But the code for LibA references code from LibB and LibC. To use LibA in a project, you also need to include LibB.lib, and LibC.lib to resolve all of the dependencies. What I want to do is link LibB and LibC into LibA such that a user only needs to include LibA.lib. How can I accomplish this?
The SOURCES file for LibA looks something like this:
TARGETNAME=LibA
TARGETTYPE=LIBRARY
TARGETPATH=..\lib\$(DDKBUILDENV)
INCLUDES = .; \
..\LibB; \
..\LibC; \
$(CRT_INC_PATH) \
$(SDK_INC_PATH)
SOURCES = LibA_main.cpp \
LibA_file2.cpp \
LibA_file3.cpp
I understand that you can manually link libraries with link.exe; e.g.,
link.exe /lib LibA.lib LibB.lib LibC.lib
But if possible, I would like some way to achieve this same effect as a part of the build process for LibA, because some targets at a later point of the build process rely on LibA.
Thanks!
I realize this is a late answer and it may not even be what you want in the end. However, ddkbuild.cmd has a pretty nifty mechanism to run actions before and after a build inside a particular directory.
We use this in one of our driver libraries which necessarily gets built as a number of static libraries and as a final step linked into one big static library much like you want. If you are able to use something like ddkbuild.cmd in your project, this would provide a solution and it's a solution that would work in automated builds, too.
NB: as far as I'm aware you cannot achieve what you want directly with build.exe. However, it's well possible that with some make (NMake) file acrobatics you could achieve a similar result. So the question is whether it's worth reinventing the wheel when there is one already.
I have encountered the same situation as you. Google a lot of and still have no solution. Fortunately, I found a way to resolve it finally. You can try it, add the below statement in your libA sources file.
LIBRARIAN_FLAGS = $(LIBRARIAN_FLAGS) libB.lib libC.lib
The lib utility can combine libraries. Using your example, the command would be:
lib /out:CombinedLib.lib LibA.lib LibB.lib LibC.lib

How to force use of static library over shared?

In my SConscript I have the following line:
Program("xtest", Split("main.cpp"), LIBS="mylib fltk Xft Xinerama Xext X11 m")
How do I get scons to use mylib.a instead of mylib.so, while linking dynamically with the other libraries?
EDIT: Looking to use as few platform specific hacks as possible.
Passing the full filepath wrapped in a File node will force static linking. For example:
lib = File('/usr/lib/libfoo.a')
Program('bar', 'main.c', LIBS = [lib])
Will produce the following linker command line
g++ -o bar main.o /usr/lib/libfoo.a
Notice how the "-l" flag is not passed to the linker for this LIBS entry. This effectively forces static linking. The alternative is to modify LINKFLAGS to get what you want with the caveat that you are bypassing the library dependency scanner -- the status of the library will not be checked for rebuilds.
To make this platform independent you append the env['SHLIBSUFFIX'] onto the library you want to use. env['SHLIBSUFFIX'] gives you this environments suffix for shared libraries.
You also have the ['SHLIBPREFIX'], ['LIBPREFIX'], ['LIBSUFFIX'] and ['PROGSUFFIX'], all useful for situations like this.
Edit:
I obviously haven't made myself understood, so I will clarify.
The return value of these lookups are strings to the pre/suffixes that platform uses. In that way you can refer to the file you need on each platform. Note that you cannot use it as a pure string, it has to be embedded as a file node as BennyG suggests. Working with nodes are anyway the best solution as file nodes are much more versatile than a string.
Hope this helps.

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