Linking an entire static library

I have an application which loads plugins (dynamic libs). The app and the plugins make use of a set of handy functions that I've compiled into a static library. I want to link the static library into the application, otherwise I'd just get a lot of copies everywhere.

The problem is that "cc" doesn't link entire static libraries, only the symbols referred to by the application. This is mostly a good thing, but this time I want the entire library since plugins may use any symbols.

Is it possible to tell "cc" directly or will I have to switch to some other method? The static library can not be made a part of the application (let's say I got several applications that use the same plugins).

[717 byte] By [coelurusa] at [2007-11-27 11:16:02]