Pre-link static binaries/remove

[Jan Beulich]

On 11.11.2025 11:58, Thomas Richter wrote:
> is there a possibility to remove from a static library (not from a .so) 
> all symbols marked as "visibility ("hidden")"? The idea would be some 
> sort of "pre-linking" step that would resolve all symbols cross-wise 
> that are defined within the static library, and only retain those that 
> are explicitly marked with "visibility ("default")".
> 
> This does work for dynamic link libraries, but I wonder whether there is 
> a way to do so for static libraries as well.

Did you see https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2025-October/144938.html?

Jan