On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 12:16:58AM -0400, Jack Howarth wrote: > Daniel, > I am still confused. How does this differ from the case of the > .hidden symbols from libgcc that we put in libgcc-compat? It would > seem to be an identical situation, no? We just need to export for > run-time resolution but not linking. No one seems to have the same > complaint about the libgcc compat symbols being present that way > in glibc 2.3.
The whole point is that they need to be available for linking. We're talking about not having to recompile _static libraries_ here. If they are rebuilt using the updated headers then the uses will go away; they're defined to something else now. Or that's my understanding. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
