Is anyone aware of a tool that can follow library dependencies for a given
executable? For example, executable a.out uses libc.a[shr.o] and
libdummy.a[dummy.o] which in turn uses libc.a[strcat.o]. This would
generate:
a.out
libc.a[shr.o]
libdummy.a[dummy.o]
libc.a[strcat.o]

The reason I ask is that I'm getting a large number of programs unable to
load librarties because of these dependencies and it's tedious doing the
manual work of using dump, ar, et al. Before I launch into writing a script
to do it automatically, I thought I'd ask the experts (<- sound of
grovelling here).

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Allan Chandler <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
AC> Is anyone aware of a tool that can follow library dependencies for a given
AC> executable? For example, executable a.out uses libc.a[shr.o] and
AC> libdummy.a[dummy.o] which in turn uses libc.a[strcat.o]. This would
AC> generate:
AC> a.out
AC> libc.a[shr.o]
AC> libdummy.a[dummy.o]
AC> libc.a[strcat.o]

AC> The reason I ask is that I'm getting a large number of programs unable to
AC> load librarties because of these dependencies and it's tedious doing the
AC> manual work of using dump, ar, et al. Before I launch into writing a script
AC> to do it automatically, I thought I'd ask the experts (<- sound of
AC> grovelling here).

I don't know of one but a Perl script using recursion would be easy
to write. If not one posts code for you to use, would you mind
posting the code you write to the group for others to use?
Regards,

Nicholas

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