how to find missing library dependency(or root cause) in static library and when cmake target is built using externalproject method

I want to use static target for jaeger instead of linking to a dynamic target, static target compiles fine but when I use it in my codebase, I see undefined reference errors: tried:

1. dynamic/static linking for thrift explicitly to ceph(primary codebase):

[100%] Linking CXX executable ../bin/ceph-osd
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException::TTransportException(apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException::TTransportExceptionType, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport19TTransportExceptionC2ENS2_23TTransportExceptionTypeERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEE[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport19TTransportExceptionC5ENS2_23TTransportExceptionTypeERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEE]+0x2d): undefined reference to `vtable for apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException::~TTransportException()':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport19TTransportExceptionD2Ev[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport19TTransportExceptionD5Ev]+0x13): undefined reference to `vtable for apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::transport::TTransport::open()':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport10TTransport4openEv[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport10TTransport4openEv]+0x8b): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::transport::TTransport::close()':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport10TTransport5closeEv[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport10TTransport5closeEv]+0x8b): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::transport::TTransport::read_virt(unsigned char*, unsigned int)':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport10TTransport9read_virtEPhj[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport10TTransport9read_virtEPhj]+0x92): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::transport::TTransport::write_virt(unsigned char const*, unsigned int)':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport10TTransport10write_virtEPKhj[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport10TTransport10write_virtEPKhj]+0x92): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::transport::TTransport::consume_virt(unsigned int)':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport10TTransport12consume_virtEj[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport10TTransport12consume_virtEj]+0x8e): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol::TProtocol(std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::transport::TTransport>)':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift8protocol9TProtocolC2ESt10shared_ptrINS0_9transport10TTransportEE[_ZN6apache6thrift8protocol9TProtocolC5ESt10shared_ptrINS0_9transport10TTransportEE]+0x17): undefined reference to `vtable for apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolFactory::TProtocolFactory()':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift8protocol16TProtocolFactoryC2Ev[_ZN6apache6thrift8protocol16TProtocolFactoryC5Ev]+0xf): undefined reference to `vtable for apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolFactory'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::transport::TBufferBase::consume(unsigned int)':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport11TBufferBase7consumeEj[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport11TBufferBase7consumeEj]+0xe4): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::transport::TMemoryBuffer::TMemoryBuffer(unsigned int)':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport13TMemoryBufferC2Ej[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport13TMemoryBufferC5Ej]+0x23): undefined reference to `vtable for apache::thrift::transport::TMemoryBuffer'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `unsigned int apache::thrift::transport::readAll<apache::thrift::transport::TTransport>(apache::thrift::transport::TTransport&, unsigned char*, unsigned int)':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport7readAllINS1_10TTransportEEEjRT_Phj[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport7readAllINS1_10TTransportEEEjRT_Phj]+0xd6): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `unsigned int apache::thrift::transport::readAll<apache::thrift::transport::TBufferBase>(apache::thrift::transport::TBufferBase&, unsigned char*, unsigned int)':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport7readAllINS1_11TBufferBaseEEEjRT_Phj[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport7readAllINS1_11TBufferBaseEEEjRT_Phj]+0xd6): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::protocol::TCompactProtocolFactoryT<apache::thrift::transport::TTransport>::~TCompactProtocolFactoryT()':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift8protocol24TCompactProtocolFactoryTINS0_9transport10TTransportEED2Ev[_ZN6apache6thrift8protocol24TCompactProtocolFactoryTINS0_9transport10TTransportEED5Ev]+0x2a): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolFactory::~TProtocolFactory()'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o):(.data.rel.ro._ZTVN6apache6thrift8protocol17TProtocolDefaultsE[_ZTVN6apache6thrift8protocol17TProtocolDefaultsE]+0x170): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol::skip_virt(apache::thrift::protocol::TType)'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o):(.data.rel.ro._ZTIN6apache6thrift8protocol24TCompactProtocolFactoryTINS0_9transport10TTransportEEE[_ZTIN6apache6thrift8protocol24TCompactProtocolFactoryTINS0_9transport10TTransportEEE]+0x10): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolFactory'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o):(.data.rel.ro._ZTIN6apache6thrift8protocol17TProtocolDefaultsE[_ZTIN6apache6thrift8protocol17TProtocolDefaultsE]+0x10): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(UDPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolDefaults::~TProtocolDefaults()':
UDPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift8protocol17TProtocolDefaultsD2Ev[_ZN6apache6thrift8protocol17TProtocolDefaultsD5Ev]+0x2a): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol::~TProtocol()'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(HTTPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `jaegertracing::utils::HTTPTransporter::HTTPTransporter(jaegertracing::net::URI const&, int)':
HTTPTransporter.cpp:(.text+0x19f): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::transport::THttpClient::THttpClient(std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::transport::TTransport>, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(HTTPTransporter.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::protocol::TBinaryProtocolFactoryT<apache::thrift::transport::TTransport, apache::thrift::protocol::TNetworkBigEndian>::~TBinaryProtocolFactoryT()':
HTTPTransporter.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift8protocol23TBinaryProtocolFactoryTINS0_9transport10TTransportENS1_17TNetworkBigEndianEED2Ev[_ZN6apache6thrift8protocol23TBinaryProtocolFactoryTINS0_9transport10TTransportENS1_17TNetworkBigEndianEED5Ev]+0x2a): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolFactory::~TProtocolFactory()'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(HTTPTransporter.cpp.o):(.data.rel.ro._ZTIN6apache6thrift8protocol23TBinaryProtocolFactoryTINS0_9transport10TTransportENS1_17TNetworkBigEndianEEE[_ZTIN6apache6thrift8protocol23TBinaryProtocolFactoryTINS0_9transport10TTransportENS1_17TNetworkBigEndianEEE]+0x10): undefined reference to `typeinfo for apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolFactory'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(ThriftSender.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::transport::TMemoryBuffer::TMemoryBuffer()':
ThriftSender.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift9transport13TMemoryBufferC2Ev[_ZN6apache6thrift9transport13TMemoryBufferC5Ev]+0x20): undefined reference to `vtable for apache::thrift::transport::TMemoryBuffer'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(Agent.cpp.o): in function `jaegertracing::agent::thrift::AgentProcessor::dispatchCall(apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol*, apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int, void*)':
Agent.cpp:(.text+0x1037): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::TApplicationException::write(apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol*) const'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(Agent.cpp.o): in function `jaegertracing::agent::thrift::AgentConcurrentClient::send_emitZipkinBatch(std::vector<twitter::zipkin::thrift::Span, std::allocator<twitter::zipkin::thrift::Span> > const&)':
Agent.cpp:(.text+0x1b32): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::async::TConcurrentSendSentry::TConcurrentSendSentry(apache::thrift::async::TConcurrentClientSyncInfo*)'
/usr/bin/ld: Agent.cpp:(.text+0x1c63): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::async::TConcurrentSendSentry::commit()'
/usr/bin/ld: Agent.cpp:(.text+0x1c7b): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::async::TConcurrentSendSentry::~TConcurrentSendSentry()'
/usr/bin/ld: Agent.cpp:(.text+0x1d04): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::async::TConcurrentSendSentry::~TConcurrentSendSentry()'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(Agent.cpp.o): in function `jaegertracing::agent::thrift::AgentConcurrentClient::send_emitBatch(jaegertracing::thrift::Batch const&)':
Agent.cpp:(.text+0x1da4): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::async::TConcurrentSendSentry::TConcurrentSendSentry(apache::thrift::async::TConcurrentClientSyncInfo*)'
/usr/bin/ld: Agent.cpp:(.text+0x1ed5): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::async::TConcurrentSendSentry::commit()'
/usr/bin/ld: Agent.cpp:(.text+0x1eed): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::async::TConcurrentSendSentry::~TConcurrentSendSentry()'
/usr/bin/ld: Agent.cpp:(.text+0x1f76): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::async::TConcurrentSendSentry::~TConcurrentSendSentry()'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(Agent.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::TDispatchProcessor::process(std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol>, std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol>, void*)':
Agent.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift18TDispatchProcessor7processESt10shared_ptrINS0_8protocol9TProtocolEES5_Pv[_ZN6apache6thrift18TDispatchProcessor7processESt10shared_ptrINS0_8protocol9TProtocolEES5_Pv]+0x7e): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::GlobalOutput'
/usr/bin/ld: Agent.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift18TDispatchProcessor7processESt10shared_ptrINS0_8protocol9TProtocolEES5_Pv[_ZN6apache6thrift18TDispatchProcessor7processESt10shared_ptrINS0_8protocol9TProtocolEES5_Pv]+0x8b): undefined reference to `apache::thrift::TOutput::printf(char const*, ...)'
/usr/bin/ld: jaeger/lib/libjaegertracing.a(Agent.cpp.o): in function `apache::thrift::concurrency::Mutex::~Mutex()':
Agent.cpp:(.text._ZN6apache6thrift11concurrency5MutexD2Ev[_ZN6apache6thrift11concurrency5MutexD5Ev]+0x13): undefined reference to `vtable for apache::thrift::concurrency::Mutex'

2. tried changing the order of thrift static library linking.
3. HINT: the static target created by Project's CMake works fine with example code, but I don't know how to test that target when it has been built as ExternalProject(CMake), can I in some way do this?

on using **nm -uC libjaegertracing.a** gives hint for missing definitions, but I don't know why it is not getting included in the static file, while when I link to static target for example code(standalone) not with code I want to link it with, everything works fine. I want to know how can I know and include missing library/definition so that I don't get these errors while trying to use a manually created target with libjaegertracing.a

U jaegertracing::thrift::Tag::Tag(jaegertracing::thrift::Tag const&)
                 U jaegertracing::thrift::Tag::~Tag()
                 U jaegertracing::thrift::Span::Span(jaegertracing::thrift::Span const&)
                 U jaegertracing::thrift::Span::~Span()
                 U jaegertracing::thrift::Batch::__set_spans(std::vector<jaegertracing::thrift::Span, std::allocator<jaegertracing::thrift::Span> > const&)
                 U jaegertracing::thrift::Batch::__set_process(jaegertracing::thrift::Process const&)
                 U jaegertracing::thrift::Batch::~Batch()
                 U jaegertracing::thrift::Process::__set_tags(std::vector<jaegertracing::thrift::Tag, std::allocator<jaegertracing::thrift::Tag> > const&)
                 U jaegertracing::thrift::Process::~Process()
                 U jaegertracing::Tag::thrift(jaegertracing::thrift::Tag&) const
                 U jaegertracing::Span::thrift(jaegertracing::thrift::Span&) const
                 U std::runtime_error::what() const
                 U std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::c_str() const
                 U std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::empty() const
                 U std::__cxx11::basic_ostringstream<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::str() const
                 U std::allocator<char>::allocator()
                 U std::allocator<char>::~allocator()
                 U std::ostream::operator<<(int)
                 U std::runtime_error::runtime_error(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)
                 U std::runtime_error::~runtime_error()
                 U std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::operator=(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)
                 U std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(char const*, std::allocator<char> const&)
                 U std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)
                 U std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string()
                 U std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string()
                 U std::__cxx11::basic_ostringstream<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_ostringstream()
                 U std::__cxx11::basic_ostringstream<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_ostringstream()
                 U std::ios_base::Init::Init()
                 U std::ios_base::Init::~Init()
                 U std::bad_alloc::~bad_alloc()
                 U std::exception::~exception()
                 U operator new(unsigned long)

also to verify whether I had the dependency library compiled to build static library, I used:

$ ar t libjaegertracing.a

which gave the complied files as expected:

Config.cpp.o
DynamicLoad.cpp.o
LogRecord.cpp.o
Logging.cpp.o
Reference.cpp.o
Span.cpp.o
SpanContext.cpp.o
Tag.cpp.o
TraceID.cpp.o
Tracer.cpp.o
TracerFactory.cpp.o
Sender.cpp.o
ThriftSender.cpp.o
BaggageSetter.cpp.o
RemoteRestrictionJSON.cpp.o
RemoteRestrictionManager.cpp.o
Restriction.cpp.o
RestrictionManager.cpp.o
RestrictionsConfig.cpp.o
Counter.cpp.o
Gauge.cpp.o
InMemoryStatsReporter.cpp.o
Metric.cpp.o
Metrics.cpp.o
NullCounter.cpp.o
NullGauge.cpp.o
NullStatsFactory.cpp.o
NullStatsReporter.cpp.o
NullTimer.cpp.o
StatsFactory.cpp.o
StatsFactoryImpl.cpp.o
StatsReporter.cpp.o
Timer.cpp.o
IPAddress.cpp.o
Socket.cpp.o
URI.cpp.o
Error.cpp.o
Header.cpp.o
Method.cpp.o
Request.cpp.o
Response.cpp.o
Endian.cpp.o
Hostname.cpp.o
Extractor.cpp.o
HeadersConfig.cpp.o
Injector.cpp.o
Propagator.cpp.o
CompositeReporter.cpp.o
Config.cpp.o
InMemoryReporter.cpp.o
LoggingReporter.cpp.o
NullReporter.cpp.o
RemoteReporter.cpp.o
Reporter.cpp.o
AdaptiveSampler.cpp.o
Config.cpp.o
ConstSampler.cpp.o
GuaranteedThroughputProbabilisticSampler.cpp.o
ProbabilisticSampler.cpp.o
RateLimitingSampler.cpp.o
RemoteSamplingJSON.cpp.o
RemotelyControlledSampler.cpp.o
Sampler.cpp.o
SamplingStatus.cpp.o
Agent.cpp.o
AggregationValidator.cpp.o
BaggageRestrictionManager.cpp.o
Collector.cpp.o
Dependency.cpp.o
SamplingManager.cpp.o
ZipkinCollector.cpp.o
agent_constants.cpp.o
agent_types.cpp.o
aggregation_validator_constants.cpp.o
aggregation_validator_types.cpp.o
baggage_constants.cpp.o
baggage_types.cpp.o
dependency_constants.cpp.o
dependency_types.cpp.o
jaeger_constants.cpp.o
jaeger_types.cpp.o
sampling_constants.cpp.o
sampling_types.cpp.o
zipkincore_constants.cpp.o
zipkincore_types.cpp.o
ErrorUtil.cpp.o
HexParsing.cpp.o
EnvVariable.cpp.o
RateLimiter.cpp.o
UDPTransporter.cpp.o
HTTPTransporter.cpp.o
YAML.cpp.o
ThriftMethods.cpp.o