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Re: How to determine which symbols in a library are used by the client?

From: Rick Mann <rmann at latencyzero dot com>
To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
Cc: binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:49:59 -0700
Subject: Re: How to determine which symbols in a library are used by the client?
References: <ECAAB73E-0E36-4C72-8A3F-10FD951AABFF@latencyzero.com> <46EEAE67.5040803@redhat.com>

On Sep 17, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Nick Clifton wrote:

Sure - just link your compiled code but without including the 3rd party graphics library. You should get "unresolved reference" errors from the linker for the functions in the graphics library that are called from your code.

Well, something about "can't see the forest for the trees" comes to mind. That's obvious, and I've even used that technique before.

Thank you for pointing it out!

--
Rick

References:
- How to determine which symbols in a library are used by the client?
  - From: Rick Mann
- Re: How to determine which symbols in a library are used by the client?
  - From: Nick Clifton

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