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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> writes:
>On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 9:08:37 AM UTC+1, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>> On 10/10/18 18:42, Malcolm McLean wrote:
>> > When we compile this, we must have thirdparty.c, plus any dependencies.
>> 
>> No, you do not. You must have the library that thirdparty.c was compiled
>> into; either the shared one, or the static one.
>> 
>> (if you're using thirdparty code that your build system needs to compile
>> yourself, then yes, but why would you set up your build system to behave
>> that way? Use the third party code's build system for that, that's what
>> it's for, and then use the libraries that it yields)
>>
>Depending on libraries is a bad idea. Generally it's better to integrate
>third party source into your product. Then you don't have an external
>dependency. 

You almost _never_ get that choice, unless it is open source.  In our
field, all the third-party code costs $$ and comes only in object form
(e.g. Synopsis, Cadence, Tensilica, et alia) and often requiring a
on-site license manager with a limited set of supported linux releases
(generally Redhat/Centos for the tool vendors).