ld, --defsym, and local symbols

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Adam Megacz <adam@megacz.com> writes:

> Hrm, when I use --defsym to try to redefine a local symbol, it ends up
> creating a global symbol and leaving the local symbol in place.
> 
> Is there any way to redefine a file-local symbol? Linker scripts,
> perhaps?

There is no reliable way to redefine a file-local symbol at link time.
There is no guarantee that all relocations relevant to that symbol are
even available in the object file.

Ian