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Re: Stupid question: linking with a symbol under a different name

From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
To: Sasha Unknown <sasha2048 at gmail dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 13:58:48 +0100
Subject: Re: Stupid question: linking with a symbol under a different name
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Hi Sasha,

> Suppose I have:
> - compiled object file "main.o" with unresolved symbol "symbol1";
> - build shared library "libused.so" with exported symbol "symbol2".
> 
> Is there way to somehow link program "main" from "main.o", telling it to use "symbol2" from "libused.so" as "symbol1"?

Why not create a foo.c file that defines symbol1 and then passes any reference on to symbol2 ?

Cheers
  Nick

References:
- Stupid question: linking with a symbol under a different name
  - From: Sasha Unknown
- Stupid question: linking with a symbol under a different name
  - From: Sasha Unknown

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