Re: Compiling glib applications [PATCH]

[Lanoxx <lanoxx gmx net>]

Ok, here is an updated patch.
> On 10/08/12 16:04, Lanoxx wrote:
> > On 10/08/12 15:58, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> > > hi;
> > >
> > > On 10 August 2012 14:55, Lanoxx <lanoxx gmx net> wrote:
> > > > Something like:
> > > > ./autogen.sh
> > > > ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-html-dir=html
> > > you missed --enable-gtk-doc
> > Thanks. I will give it a try.
> This has worked, not but all the html ended up in 
> docs/reference/glib/html, my option --with-html-dir was ignored:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-html-dir=html_output --enable-gtk-doc
> > > > ./make sgml
> > > > ./make html
> > > >
> > > > If I understand the readme correctly that should work, but it doesnt.
> > > no, it won't be enough, given that the documentation will need the
> > > library to be built as well.
> > >
> > > if you pass --enable-gtk-doc to the configure script and then 'make',
> > > it will build the documentation as well.
> We should also update the README in docs/reference/ to reflect this.
> > > ciao,
> > >   Emmanuele.
> >
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>From 241deed4c0fe303c80f1d728181218b92ab21bf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Geiger <sbastig gmx net>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 23:01:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] compiling.xml: Add note and fix gcc example

Because of the '--as-needed' default option
for the linker, the linking will fail, if the
file name appears after any of the options or
the pkg-config invocation.
---
 docs/reference/glib/compiling.xml |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/compiling.xml b/docs/reference/glib/compiling.xml
index 9add70b..51ebe0f 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/compiling.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/compiling.xml
@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ feature of the shell. If you enclose a command in backticks
 be substituted into the command line before execution. So to
 compile a GLib Hello, World, you would type the following:
 <programlisting>
-$ cc `pkg-config --cflags --libs glib-2.0` hello.c -o hello
+$ cc hello.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs glib-2.0` -o hello
 </programlisting>
 </para>
+<note><para>
+Note that the name of the file must come before the other options (such as <emphasis>pkg-config</emphasis>), or else you may get an error from the linker.
+</para></note>
 
 <para>
 Deprecated GLib functions are annotated to make the compiler
-- 
1.7.9.5