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Re: PATCH: PR ld/13177: garbage collector retains zombie references to external libraries


On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:14:38PM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> We shoul also remove symbols without PLT nor GOT references from dynamic
> symbol table.  OK to install?

No.  A symbol that isn't used in the defining object will have no PLT
or GOT refs in that object, but may need to be exported to satisfy a
reference in some other object.

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM


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