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site_tools contains addLibrary
ordering in gcc matters for libs - can't find symbols otherwise. The addLibrary tool allows developers to avoid worrying about the order, and sets it up properly. addLibrary makes sure the order is correct, if the item is not already the list, add it to the end, if it is already there, move it to the end. Each library only appears once - this helps reduce the chance of creating a command line that is too long (which can occur when dealing with the Gaudi libraries).
Discussion
After building the libraries will exist in both the packages and in the installation lib directory. After the build is completed, all we need is the include and lib directories for runtime.
Jim reminded us that it would be helpful to provide a mechanism for tags such as rh9_gcc32 and rhel4, similarly for opt and debug builds. Navid could implement subdirectories with expanded English names as he's found some users are confused by our use of rh9_gcc32 for instance.
Applications using Likelihood as an example
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