linuxconf complexity

[Ulrich Drepper]

"Jack Howarth" <howarth@bromo.med.uc.edu> writes:

>    That still doesn't answer the question. Is it logical to assume
> symbols should export backwards even when the dynamic libraries are
> associated via a link rather than a dlopen?

Kind of.  I said that Solaris behaves like this and so it should be
implemented this way.

> However as a matter of programming technique it would be nice to
> know if we currently are too strict with our handling of dynamic
> libraries.

I can come up with scenarios where this kind of programming is useful
but in the linuxconf case it is most probably inadequate.

-- 
---------------.      drepper at gnu.org  ,-.   1325 Chesapeake Terrace
Ulrich Drepper  \    ,-------------------'   \  Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA
Cygnus Solutions `--' drepper at cygnus.com   `------------------------