Thanks for submitting this problem, we entered it in the internal database (Ref id #62633) and will be looking into this
 asap.



Thorsten Ko"ster wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just downloaded the QNX Software Development Platform 6.4.0 and ran straight into a bug:
> 
> When building a static library using the Gnu Make Builder, no object files are built and the library is essentially 
empty. This behavior is obviously due to an omission in the generated top-level makefile. The rule for making the 
library file reads (echo's omitted for clarity):
> 
> libsomething.a: 
> 	qcc  -A libsomething.a  -V4.2.4,gcc_ntox86_cpp -w1
> 
> Compare this to the rule generated for shared libraries:
> 
> libsomething.so: $(OBJS) $(USER_OBJS)
> 	qcc  -o libsomething.so $(OBJS) $(USER_OBJS) $(LIBS) -V4.2.4,gcc_ntox86_cpp -w1 -lang-c++ -shared
> 
> Clearly, the prerequisites are missing in both the rule and the command. Since I depend on a makefile infrastructure, 
a bug fix / workaround would be highly appreciated. And sorry, a QNX project is no viable workaround for me, since the 
makefiles should remain somewhat human-readable. :-)
> 
> Thorsten
> 
> _______________________________________________
> General
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post15842
> 

We found the problem and fixed this issue, fix will be available in IDE 4.5.1, first integration build is scheduled for 
Nov 4th 2008. 
See also http://community.qnx.com/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.ide/wiki/WhatIsNewIn4.5.1