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Re: libc.map
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 07:09:11PM +0300, Sasha Sirotkin wrote:
>> I've spent quite a few hours already trying to understand from the
>> source how libc.map file is being created with no luck. Can anybody
>> please shed some light on this mysterious process?
>>
>> It would be greatly appreciated.
>
> In the end, the actual work is done by scripts/versions.awk. It takes
> some parameters but hopefully you will be able to trace that back now
> through the (extremely wicked) Makerules file now that you know the
> script name to look for. The script itself is sorting out Versions.def
> and the Versions files it finds in various subdirectories.
Versions! This is what I've been looking for to add some globally
visible variables.
Thanks a lot.
>
> --
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Petr "Pasky" Baudis
> When I feel like exercising, I just lie down until the feeling
> goes away. ?-- xed_over
>