On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 11:15:37AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > On mar, 2008-04-01 at 01:21 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 06:57:48PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > I also have to wonder that if we have something like this as default, > > > why -Bsymbolic-functions would be a good default, and not -Bsymbolic.
> > I'm told the difference is that the former is safe to use as an option when > > linking executables, and the latter is not. > According to the documentation, both only apply to shared libraries; > AIUI, local symbols are always used by default for programs. > Also, do you know why it would be safe for functions and not for other > symbols? The difference was that -Bsymbolic causes build problems with executables, and -Bsymbolic-functions does not. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
