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Re: How should the GNU linker treat weak references?

Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> writes:

> Really?  If this is so, then bfd/elflink.h is currently doing the wrong
> thing.  See elflink.h:688 and elflink.h:747

I know.

> > All object files given at the ld command line are unconditionally used.
> 
> I was assuming libfoo.so was specified on the command line in this case.

But libfoo.so is no object file.  All what is done with it is to add
the DT_NEEDED entry and resolve symbols which are not resolved in any
of the .o files with it.

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