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Re: Does ld need to search for DT_NEEDED objects?

From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
To: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:45:42 +0000
Subject: Re: Does ld need to search for DT_NEEDED objects?
References: <m3irhqkkd2.fsf@dhcp-172-18-118-195.corp.google.com>

Hi Ian,

There is an accurate way to get these warnings, which is to run ldd -r
EXECUTABLE.  I suspect that the people who are helped by these
warnings (i.e., have an executable about which ld would warn but which
does not fail at runtime) are sophisticated enough to be able to run
this test.

I would like to hear from anybody who thinks that it is a good idea to
do this searching in ld.  Thanks.

I actually agree with you - that it is pointless having the linker try to generate these warnings.

Cheers
 Nick

References:
- Does ld need to search for DT_NEEDED objects?
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor

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