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From:
Nick Ing-Simmons
Date:
November 13, 2003 01:22
Subject:
makedef.pl for linux/solaris?
Message ID:
20031113092140.2574.4@llama.elixent.com

According to 

http://people.redhat.com/drepper/dsohowto.pdf

You can restrict exported symbols on Linux (well GNU ld) and Solaris 
with something like: 

$ gcc -shared -o foo.so -fPIC \ 
   -Wl,--version-script=foo.map ...

Where foo.map looks like :

{ 
  global: 
    symbol;
    another;
  local: *; 
}

Advantage would be faster loading, and a linux check that makedef.pl
et. al. was up to date.

Has anyone used this in anger, and is it worth doing?

--
Nick I-S


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