C++ - Can you build one static library into another?

Question

I ran into a strange problem with a Visual Studio 2008 project I was working with recently.

I am trying to compile a new static library that uses functions from anot

Answer 1

This is a fairly normal problem - you wouldn't normally attempt to include 'lib2' into 'lib1' but simply document that it's required to be linked against in order to work. There is nothing wrong with declaring the use of other libraries (apart from any licensing issues of course) so you are already doing the right thing.