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> > > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 12:51:39 -0400 > From: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.ai.mit.edu> > > > No. Solaris uses `_fooo' in foo.c. The GNU ld does the samething. > > It just complains about it. > > That is contrary to the specification of the SVR4 ABI, page 4-27: > "Similarly, if a common symbol exists (i.e., a symbol whose st_shndx field > holds SHN_COMMON), the appearance of a weak symbol with the same name will > not cause an error. The link editor honors the common definition and > ignores the weak ones." > > The paragraph you quote starts with "When the link editor combines > several relocatable object files...." So a shared library should be > treated like a random .o file, instead of like an archive library? > That seems counterintuitive. Is a shared library really considered a > "relocatable object file"? > > The ABI description doesn't seem all that clear to me, actually. At > the start of chapter 4, it's described as a third type of object file, > distinct from relocatable files and executable files. > The current GNU ELF ld does what was quoted by Roland from SVR4 ABI. It honors the common symbol instead of the weak one in shared libraries. BFD_ASSEET just complains something which ld can handle but not expected by BFD_ASSEET. -- H.J. Lu NYNEX Science and Technology, Inc. hjl@nynexst.com