[Fedora] Re: gcc questions

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

>Thank you, it compiled now. I just spacebar'ed about 100 times in the
>gcc man page looking for the "m" option that you mention. I did find
>the "l" option (search the library named library when linking), but
>not the "m" option.
>  
>
    The 'm' (in THIS case*) is not a gcc option, it's a library, namely 
the math library.

    -l<library>

    You can compile against a bunch of different library, depending on 
what your program is calling for.  For example, if you're going to be 
using SSL functions, then you'll have to link -lssl.

    * gcc's -m is for emulation

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