Re: redefine symbol names in shlib?

[Peter Samuelson <peter at cadcamlab dot org>]

Thanks, Ian, this was *exactly* the type of answer I was looking for!
I learned a lot.

[Ian Lance Taylor <ian@zembu.com>]
> An option should do one thing.  What should --redefine-sym do for an
> executable with both a normal symbol and a dynamic symbol table?

I didn't know such a clash was even legal.

> More seriously, renaming a dynamic symbol probably won't work
> correctly.  If you rename a dynamic symbol, you really need to
> recompute the .hash section.  Otherwise, the dynamic linker won't
> find the dynamic symbol.

Wow, I didn't even know there *was* a .hash section.  Now I get it.

I still think it would be a nice feature. (:

Peter