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LORDER(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual LORDER(1)
NAME
lorder - list dependencies for object files
SYNOPSIS
lorder file ...
DESCRIPTION
The lorder utility uses nm(1) to determine interdependencies between
object files and library archives listed on its command line. It then
outputs a list of pairs of file names such that the first file in each
pair references at least one symbol defined by the second.
The output is normally used with tsort(1) when a library is created to
determine the optimum ordering of the object modules so that all
references may be resolved in a single pass of the loader.
Similarly, when linking static binaries, lorder and tsort(1) can be used
to sort libraries in order of dependency.
While contemporary linkers no longer require the use of lorder, it is
provided for the benefit of legacy code bases and build systems which
still insist on it.
ENVIRONMENT
NM Path to the nm(1) binary, defaults to "nm".
NMFLAGS
Flags to pass to nm(1).
EXAMPLES
ar cr library.a `lorder ${OBJS} | tsort`
cc -o foo ${OBJS} `lorder ${STATIC_LIBS} | tsort`
SEE ALSO
ar(1), ld(1), nm(1), ranlib(1), tsort(1)
HISTORY
A lorder utility appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
CAVEATS
The lorder utility will not work properly if given file names with spaces
or newlines in them.
FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE February 27, 2024 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE