Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:02:36 -0400 From: Alexander Kabaev <ak03@gte.com> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: Joe Kelsey <joek@mail.flyingcroc.net> Subject: Re: Tools to modify shared libraries Message-ID: <20030617130236.7c683e4c.ak03@gte.com> In-Reply-To: <20030617160141.GB584@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <3EEE4717.2090409@mail.flyingcroc.net> <1055804020.79093.2.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net> <3EEF19D5.9040706@mail.flyingcroc.net> <20030617154208.GA584@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <3EEF3883.1080500@mail.flyingcroc.net> <20030617160141.GB584@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:01:41 -0700 Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 08:49:23AM -0700, Joe Kelsey wrote: > Linux uses the same linker (GNU ld). Fixing the linker will have the > same effect on Linux as it will have on FreeBSD and hence will prevent > unnecessary dependencies in Linux libraries to Linux libraries and > thus remove the need to patch ELF files in the long run. > LD putting a library in DT_NEEDED regardless of whether or not library exports any required symbols as long as it appears on command line is a feature, not a bug AFAIK. -- Alexander Kabaev
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