How are the TARGET_LINK_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES for C++ supposed to work?

[stefanct]

I've spent the last days getting C++ to work properly in my setup. Since most users of the SDK rely on the auto-generated linker scripts that contain the libraries and not even the examples using them, I am not sure if anybody is actually using the ones set by mcux_config.cmake, i.e.,

mcux-sdk/tools/cmake_toolchain_files/mcux_config.cmake

Line 11 in 5d978a8

set(TARGET_LINK_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES "-lstdc++ crti.o crtn.o crtbegin.o crtend.o" PARENT_SCOPE)

etc.

As far as I can tell these cannot work since the linker won't find the object files if supplied like that. The gcc supplied by NXP has the right paths set as LIBRARY_PATH (e.g, /usr/local/mcuxpressoide-11.9.0_2144/ide/plugins/com.nxp.mcuxpresso.tools.linux_11.9.0.202307121226/tools/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/12.3.1/thumb/v7e-m+dp/hard/:...) but this does not help for linking object files because they are not search for in LIBRARY_PATH.

Instead, you have to either use a full path (e.g., /usr/local/mcuxpressoide-11.9.0_2144/ide/plugins/com.nxp.mcuxpresso.tools.linux_11.9.0.202307121226/tools/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/12.3.1/thumb/v7e-m+dp/hard/crtend.o) or you have to supply them via -l: (e.g., -l:crtend.o). I am not entirely sure if the latter variant is actually supposed to work - it is only documented for libraries. In any case I don't see how the current implementation in the SDK can work but maybe I am missing something...?

[mcuxsusan]

Thanks for reporting the issue! I have involved development team to check, feedback could be delayed, appreciate for your patience.