Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:47:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Kenneth Chiu <chiuk@cs.indiana.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth <shocking@prth.pgs.com>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3 days to E-day Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808281945140.243-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808282051520.487-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Chuck Robey wrote: [..] > > If you stick with static libs, I think it's purely a matter of removing > > the prepended underscore. This might be the way to go until XiG releases > > a true ELF version. > > Are you sure? I thought that if you were linking up a elf executeable, > you'd have to use 100% pure elf libs (and vice versa), and no mixing > allowed. I know about the underscore business, but it's a different > linker extirely, isn't it? > > I also thought that the run time linker (ld.so) only knew about one > flavor, so you needed an elf one, and an aout one, and no mixing. > > Is this untrue? Static libs are a different beast I think. The elf linker seems to grok old static libs. At least it did, the last time I had old a.out libs where I shouldn't have. Of course, I ran into undefined references, as the linker didn't expect an underscore. - alex | "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern | | technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." | | Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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