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Re: objcopy --weaken
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: "Peter S. Mazinger" <ps dot m at gmx dot net>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:08:29 -0400
- Subject: Re: objcopy --weaken
- References: <1144794193.13900.ezmlm@sourceware.org> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0604120049240.13744-100000@lnx.bridge.intra>
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 01:05:48AM +0200, Peter S. Mazinger wrote:
> Hello!
>
> The objcopy --weaken command suggests that it is able to change all
> (global) symbols to weak. Running it against an object file it does it,
> but running it against a shared lib does not change anything.
What do you expect it to do?
In modern shared library lookup, dynamic exported symbols are the same
whether they are strong or weak.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery