Problem linking to wrong class

Andrew Haley aph@redhat.com
Tue Apr 21 09:12:00 GMT 2009


Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Brian Peschel <brianp@occinc.com> writes:
> 
>>> One way around the issue is called ³early binding².  You could build
>>> libtwo.so such that it binds to its own symbols, rather than allowing the
>>> loader to resolve the unbound symbols with the ones provided by your
>>> executable.
>>>   
>> Is there a way to force the compiler/linker to do this?
> 
> Use the -Bsymbolic linker option.

Be very careful with this: in my experience it can lead to a whole
world of problems with data symbols and copy relocs.

Andrew.



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