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Re: -export-dynamic with .a files?
On Mar 19, 2003, Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com> wrote:
> Erik Poupaert writes:
>> Is there a reason why -export-dynamic doesn't work with .a files?
> -E, --export-dynamic Export all dynamic symbols
> .a files have no dynamic symbols.
Err... Just like .o files :-) If they do get linked in, they become
dynamic symbols. But object files inside .a files, unlike .o files
explicitly listed in the command line, don't get linked in unless
they're actually referenced.
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