Re: [PATCH] Limited export of dynamic syms (elf32)

[Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen <eirik at opera dot com>]

"H . J . Lu" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 02:47:27PM +0200, Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen wrote:
> >
> > I have had a short look at it, and I still don't see how someone
> > wondering how to limit the export of dynamic symbols is supposed
> > to discover how to do this.  While I'm still thinking that adding
> > something to the index to that effect is a good idea, I've also
> > got a different suggestion:
> >
> > When I'm looking for material on exporting dynamic symbols, I
> > easily find the option -E/--export-dynamic, which states that
> > it will cause all symbols to be exported.  How about adding
> > a short statement here, e.g.:
> > "It is possible to export only a subset of the symbols by binding
> > to local scope using symbol versioning.  @xref{VERSION}."
> 
> The current version has
> 
> `-E'
> `--export-dynamic'
> ...
>      You can also use the version script to control what symbols should
>      be added to the dynamic symbol table if the output format supports
>      it.  See the description of `--version-script' in *Note VERSION::.
> 
> It has a different wording.
> 
> H.J.

Oops, you're right.  My mistake.  I used the wrong option for info, so
I read the wrong version...

This is beautiful.  I'm completely happy :)

eirik