How to use --exclude-libs?

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12 August 2011 14:13, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> A DSO uses Crypto++. Crypto++ has a number of exported symbols, which
>> are showing up in the DSO.
>>
>> nm -g -D --defined-only libesapi-c++.so | grep -i cryptopp | wc -l
>> 5560
>>
>> According to ld(2), we can use --exclude-libs. I've tried adding the
>> flag before and after the library includes; and used variations on the
>> name: cryptopp, libcryptopp, libcryptopp.so. And I have not been able
>> to get --exclude-libs to work, even with ALL.
>
> I think --exclude-libs only applies to archive libraries, i.e. static libs.
>
> But as it's an ld option you should a) probably ask on a binutils list
> and b) use -Wl,--exclude-libs,libfoobar.a if you're passing it to gcc
Thanks Jonathan. My apologies about the ld question.

Jeff