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> > | Hi, > | > | I have a patch for gas-950304 to build a shared ELF library, > | libbfd.so, which contains both libbfd and libopcode. It cuts > | down the sizes of each ELF binary by several hundred Ks on x86. > | > | But my patch is just a hack since there is no shared library > | support in binutils. If anyone is interested, I will post > | my patch. BTW, I think it is a very good test for the ELF > | support in binutils if you use the binutils to assembler > | and link itself. > > As I recall, this was discussed last summer. The problem with making > bfd a shared library is that the interfaces aren't as cut and dried as That is one reason why I said "there is no shared library support in binutils." :-(. > one would like. For example, when I was at OSF, we tried to shared > gdb's bfd with gas/ld in the OSF ODE build evironment. However, > because we had not rev'ed GDB for awhile, the calling sequence for the > disassembling functions had changed, even though the name was the > same. In the interest of expediency, I kept gdb's version of bfd in > the tree along with the assembler and linkers. > Drop me a line if you are interested in fixing it. Hint: proper use of bfd/VERSION and -soname. -- H.J. Lu NYNEX Science and Technology, Inc. hjl@nynexst.com