combining object files and managing relocatable symbols

[Erik Leunissen]

H. J. Lu wrote:
> 
> You need to do it in 2 steps, -L and then -x. You can open a bug
> report at
> 
> http://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/
> 
> to request that "-L foo -x" will remove foo in one step.
> 

I have no problem with needing multiple, separate calls to objcopy if it 
indeed removes the local symbol X from C.o.

My real problem is that the symbol X remains present as it was before 
the call to objcopy -x (according to: nm C.o ).

Is this a flaw in objcopy -x, or are there some requirements for it to 
work that I don't know of? In case relevant, here's the version of 
objcopy that I use:

 > objcopy -V
GNU objcopy 2.14.90.0.5 20030722 (SuSE Linux)

Regards,

Erik Leunissen