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Re: Duplicate data objects in shared libraries
From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>
> I believe Linux is trying to move away from special treatment of weak
> symbol in ld.so.
Martin mentions a use made of weak symbols by glibc to control symbol
replaceability in this message:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-05/msg01913.html. Is there momentum toward
removing that capability, or is some alternative way of achieving the same
thing in the works?
-Dave