[OCLUG-devel] Runtime Libraries

[Dan Stromberg]

On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 20:57 -0700, Christopher Smith wrote:
> Doug Jolley wrote:
> 
> >     > You want to do "-lcrypt", the "lib" is automatically prepended.
> >
> >
> > That certainly seems to do the trick.  Thanks a batch.  Now, if I
> > could just figure out when it is that I have to do that and when I can
> > get by with just including the header file, I might actually be on my
> > way to understanding this.  Thanks again.
> 
> Unfortunately, this is one area where the Linux man pages are more than
> a bit deficient. Most commercial Unix's make it clear what headers *and*
> what libraries are needed for a given function. I never have been able
> to figure out why the Linux man pages specifically deficient in this area.

Just a guess: Maybe because what symbols are in which libraries can vary
a bit from linux to linux?