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Re: Partial symbol export vs --export-dynamic
- To: Jean-Francois Panisset <panisset at discreet dot com>
- Subject: Re: Partial symbol export vs --export-dynamic
- From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 00:26:25 -0700
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200106170520.BAA867828@cuba.discreet.qc.ca>
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 01:20:02AM -0400, Jean-Francois Panisset wrote:
>
> - does the ELF format on Linux support exporting only some of the application
> symbols, or does it have to all-or-nothing?
It is a linker thing.
> - how painful would it be for me to add this functionality to ld/bfd,
> or is this a project way beyond the scope of a binutils novice?
If you know something about bfd, it shouldn't be too hard to implement.
Personally, I think it is a useful feature. I may do it myself if we all
agree it is a good feature to have and how it should work.
H.J.