gold and shared objects with gcc 4.1.2

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Roland Baumann <roland.baumann@CoWare.com> writes:

> this patch indeed fixes my problem. Thanks a lot.

You're welcome.  Thanks for reporting the bug.

> Actually, I am wondering whether it makes sense to use "-s" and
> "-shared" together. What information stays in the shared object that I
> am still able to link it?

An ELF shared object has two symbol tables: the dynamic symbol table
and the normal symbol table.  The -s option removes the normal symbol
table.  The dynamic symbol table contains whatever is needed for
dynamic linking.

Ian