Re: Weak symbols (Was: World breakage in libc_r?)

1999-10-17 Thread John Polstra
In article ML-3.4.940026252.113.patl@asimov, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15-Oct-99 at 15:05, John Birrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: A weak symbol is like an alias for another (strong) symbol. The linker will link to strong symbols first, then, for any unresolved references, it will try

Weak symbols (Was: World breakage in libc_r?)

1999-10-15 Thread John Birrell
On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 08:09:57PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: Sheer curiosity and most likely a somewhat dim question: what the h* is a weak versus a strong symbol? A weak symbol is like an alias for another (strong) symbol. The linker will link to strong symbols first, then, for any