macos linking hell

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☞  # finds .dylib version first, but that's not the kind of linking we're doing
☞  # so barfs
☞  ld -lunistring -exported_symbol _uc_is_property_white_space -r -arch x86_64 -o runtime.o
ld: warning: /usr/local/lib/libunistring.dylib, ignoring unexpected dylib file
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "_uc_is_property_white_space", referenced from:
     -exported_symbol[s_list] command line option
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
☞  # finds .a version because ain't no search, so it works, but ugh.
☞  ld /usr/local/lib/libunistring.a -exported_symbol _uc_is_property_white_space -r -arch x86_64 -o runtime.o
☞