-retain-symbols-file question

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> writes:

> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 10:32:56AM -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > I don't think the behaviour of --retain-symbols-file should be changed
> > to also apply to dynamic symbols.  As you note, there is already a
> > different way to control dynamic symbol visibility, which is to use a
> > version script.
> 
> I don't see the point of --retain-symbols-file except for use
> in controling dynamic symbol visibility.  That's clearly what
> libtool is trying to use it for.
> 
> This same sort of input file is what at least Irix and Tru64 use
> for controling symbol visibility, so it'd be nice to support it.

--retain-symbols-file was introduced to control symbol visibility when
linking several objects together using ld -r.

I don't know what libtool uses it for.

Ian