https://www.malcolmhardie.com/weblogs/angus/tags/gcc/ Recent content in Gcc on Angus Thinks Hugo en @2026 Angus Hardie Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.malcolmhardie.com/weblogs/angus/posts/2006/10/26/static-link-library-to-replace-dylib-in-mac-os-x/ Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.malcolmhardie.com/weblogs/angus/posts/2006/10/26/static-link-library-to-replace-dylib-in-mac-os-x/ <p><a href="http://lists.apple.com/archives/xcode-users/2006/Jun/msg00801.html" class="link-external" rel="noopener">This post</a> on the xcode-users list explains a neat trick on how to get xcode to link a static library instead of a dynamic library.</p> <p>Imagine the circumstance: you want to use a particular non-standard version of a native library which is already part of the system; perhaps you want to use an old version with better compatibility, or a newer version with more features. The obvious thing to do is to take a static build of the library and add it your xcode project.</p>