Can I have the gcc linker create a static library?

I haven't tried or tested this, but it looks like ld 's ability to perform incremental or partial linking might be what you're looking for. Check if the --relocatable option (you might also need to look at the -Ur option if dealing with C++) when applied to the object files that would go into the library will do what you want.

Static libraries are just archives (hence ". A"), a collection of . O files.

Like a tar archive, just even more plain. Since ar is not a linker, there is no conglomeration (as "ld -r" would do) and thus no intralibrary symbol elimination.

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