Re: ld violating ELF specification for hidden symbols?

["H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>]

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> wrote:
>> The version of the spec I have says "A hidden symbol contained in
>> a relocatable object must be either removed or converted to
>> STB_LOCAL binding by the link-editor when the relocatable object is
>> included in an executable file or shared object." Nevertheless I see
>> global hidden symbols in executables. Did the spec get changed
>> (and if so, when/where), or is this a bug?
>
> It's not clear in the gABI, but it really only matters for the dynamic
> symbol table. Once an executable or shared library is built, the
> static symbol table isn't involved in further symbol binding
> operations, and the symbols listed there are for reference only. I
> think you'll find that the hidden symbol is not present in the dynamic
> symbol table, or has been marked STB_LOCAL.
>

That is what happened.

Here is another static symbol table issue:

http://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4317


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H.J.