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Re: --as-needed by default
On Mar 8, 2005, Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> What I was saying is, I don't think anyone has ever attempted, or is
> likely ever to attempt, to construct such a libfoo.so, because it
> wouldn't help with the corresponding libfoo.a.
libfoo.a could be the linker script you suggest.
> People instead bite the bullet and increment libfoo's soname.
Yuck. I'd hope not. Breaking binary compatibility shouldn't be done
lightly.
> Therefore I do not think this is a case to be worried about.
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.
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