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Re: behavior of "strip -N"


Adam Megacz <adam@megacz.com> writes:

> Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> writes:
> > > Is there any way to get the first behavior (0x0) when stripping
> > > file-local symbols?
> 
> > What happens when you do this is processor and object file format
> > dependent.
> 
> Bummer. Is there any way to redefine a file-local symbol via binutils?
> I suppose I could redefine the symbol to ABSOLUTE(0x0).

Do you mean in the linker?  The answer is no.

I think you have some sort of misconception about file-local symbols.
>From the linker's point of view, a file-local symbol has no name.  The
only names the linker deals with are globally visible.  There is no
way in the linker to refer to a name which is specific to a particular
object file.

Ian


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