Hi - > Some of the binaries use libebl, and although libebl is linked into libdw.so, > the libebl symbols are not exported by libdw. So, libebl is linked in > statically for the binaries. > > This is why I suggested exporting those symbols from libdw.so. (I also > considered adding a libebl.so, but that would have a circular dependency with > libdw.so, so they might as well be combined).
Ah, thanks for the (re-)explanation. IMHO, if the API is useful enough to be used by mainline elfutils binaries, it is useful enough to be used by others. So a +1 from me for solib-exporting them. - FChE