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diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 154fa91bc..adb690dad 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -811,9 +811,15 @@ int main(int arg_count, char **arg_ptr) {
return exit_code;
}
- timings_start_section(&timings, str_lit("ld-link"));
+ // NOTE(vassvik): get cwd, for used for local shared libs linking, since those have to be relative to the exe
+ char cwd[256];
+ getcwd(&cwd[0], 256);
+ //printf("%s\n", cwd);
+
+ // NOTE(vassvik): needs to add the root to the library search paths, so that the full filenames of the library
+ // files can be passed with -l:
+ gbString lib_str = gb_string_make(heap_allocator(), "-L/");
- gbString lib_str = gb_string_make(heap_allocator(), "");
defer (gb_string_free(lib_str));
char lib_str_buf[1024] = {0};
for_array(i, ir_gen.module.foreign_library_paths) {
@@ -825,15 +831,33 @@ int main(int arg_count, char **arg_ptr) {
#if defined(GB_SYSTEM_OSX)
isize len;
if(lib.len > 2 && lib[0] == '-' && lib[1] == 'f') {
- len = gb_snprintf(lib_str_buf, gb_size_of(lib_str_buf),
- " -framework %.*s ", (int)(lib.len) - 2, lib.text + 2);
+ // framework thingie
+ len = gb_snprintf(lib_str_buf, gb_size_of(lib_str_buf), " -framework %.*s ", (int)(lib.len) - 2, lib.text + 2);
+ } else if (string_has_extension(lib, str_lit("dylib"))) {
+ // dynamic lib, relative path to executable
+ len = gb_snprintf(lib_str_buf, gb_size_of(lib_str_buf), " -l:%s/%.*s ", cwd, LIT(lib));
} else {
- len = gb_snprintf(lib_str_buf, gb_size_of(lib_str_buf),
- " -l%.*s ", LIT(lib));
+ // dynamic or static system lib, just link regularly searching system library paths
+ len = gb_snprintf(lib_str_buf, gb_size_of(lib_str_buf), " -l%.*s ", LIT(lib));
}
#else
- isize len = gb_snprintf(lib_str_buf, gb_size_of(lib_str_buf),
- " -l%.*s ", LIT(lib));
+ // NOTE(vassvik): static libraries (.a files) in linux can be linked to directly using the full path,
+ // since those are statically linked to at link time. shared libraries (.so) has to be
+ // available at runtime wherever the executable is run, so we make require those to be
+ // local to the executable (unless the system collection is used, in which case we search
+ // the system library paths for the library file).
+ if (string_has_extension(lib, str_lit("a"))) {
+ // static libs, absolute full path relative to the file in which the lib was imported from
+ isize len = gb_snprintf(lib_str_buf, gb_size_of(lib_str_buf), " -l:%.*s ", LIT(lib));
+ } else if (string_has_extension(lib, str_lit("so"))) {
+ // dynamic lib, relative path to executable
+ // NOTE(vassvik): it is the user's responsibility to make sure the shared library files are visible
+ // at runtimeto the executable
+ isize len = gb_snprintf(lib_str_buf, gb_size_of(lib_str_buf), " -l:%s/%.*s ", cwd, LIT(lib));
+ } else {
+ // dynamic or static system lib, just link regularly searching system library paths
+ isize len = gb_snprintf(lib_str_buf, gb_size_of(lib_str_buf), " -l%.*s ", LIT(lib));
+ }
#endif
lib_str = gb_string_appendc(lib_str, lib_str_buf);
}