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Re: __register_frame_info & shared library compatibility
- To: Jamie Lokier <egcs at tantalophile dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: __register_frame_info & shared library compatibility
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at upchuck dot cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 13:53:10 -0600
- cc: "H.J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>, egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <19990408215451.B21750@pcep-jamie.cern.ch>you write:
> Is is possible to include a stub weak *definition* of
> __register_frame_info in crtbeginS.o, which is nothing more than a
> return instruction?
No, because if the user binary actually expected to use the
__register_frame_info that was originally satisfied by the library, then it'll
get the useless stub instead of the real implementation.
jeff