Re: for a specific glibc version, how could I get the functions declared in head file are implementation in which library?

[Michael Kerrisk <michael dot kerrisk at googlemail dot com>]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Sunday 13 April 2008, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> > On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > >   I meant, If I want to use a function in glibc, I need to link with
> > > > the corresponding shared library, how could I know, which library I
> > > > should link with?
> > > there is only one library, the C library, and gcc automatically does
> > > "-lc" for you.
> >  Well, sinf() for example needs -lm while clock_settime() -- -lrt.  I
> > suppose the right place for such information are the glibc info pages, but
> > there is never enough force available onboard to put all the bits there.
> > There might be a book available on the market as well, but I have never
> > bothered checking that.  Failing those, `objdump' on the libraries in
> > question will reveal which symbols they provide.
>
> the respective man pages from the linux-man-pages project already documents 
> things nicely.

Indeed -- you beat me to the punch pointing that out Mike.

Maciej, if you find that a particular page in man-pages 
(http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html) fails to provide 
that info, let me know.

Cheers,

Michael