How to add a static library to my own static library

[gmsa]

To create a static library, or to add additional object files to an existing static library, I can use a command like this:

ar rcs my_library.a file1.o file2.o

But how to add an existing static library to my own static library.

I have created my own static library using the command above and want to link against the library libuuid.a (placed in /usr/lib/).

Can I use ar to add libuuid.a to my_library.a?

[sixdrift]

Why not just link against both static libraries? What purpose do you have for including one in another?

[Rubberman]

I usually extract the object files out of the library in question and add them to my library when I need to deliver a single library to users instead of a bunch. This isn't always the best approach, but it does sometimes solve otherwise knotty problems.