If I run
gcc a.c -L /usr/lib -lexpat
and both libexpat.a and libexpat.so are in /usr lib which one is used by the linker?
If I run gcc a.c -L /usr/lib -lexpat and both libexpat.a and libexpat.so are
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If I run
gcc a.c -L /usr/lib -lexpat
and both libexpat.a and libexpat.so are in /usr lib which one is used by the linker?
By default the shared library (.so) will be chosen.
If you want to change this behavior,
-staticgcc option may be used