I put my tests in a library and Google Test doesn't run them - GCC 4.8 about googletest

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Make sure the *_test libraries are actually linked into the final binary.
The linker might be excluding them because you are not using any symbol from it 
on you main file.
See 
https://code.google.com/p/googletest/wiki/Primer#Important_note_for_Visual_C++_u
sers
That is for VC++, but it applies to gcc also. I think --whole-archive can be 
used for gcc to force the library to be linked.

Original comment by [email protected] on 5 Dec 2014 at 7:33

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You were right: The *_test libraries weren't linked to the final binary. It 
wasn't a CMake specific error, GCC just won't link unreferenced libraries. The 
--whole-archive flag doesn't work either - You have to use --no-as-needed. 

Thanks for all your help. I'll probably introduce fake dependencies to make it 
work in a cleaner way.

Shouldn't this information be added in the FAQ? Anybody upgrading to the newer 
compiler should face this.

Original comment by [email protected] on 6 Dec 2014 at 7:27

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Original comment by [email protected] on 8 Dec 2014 at 2:47

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