Subject: Re: [solved] Accessing global symbols from shared library
From: Tim Moloney (moloney@mrsl.com)
Date: Thu Feb 08 2001 - 07:49:12 MST
Thanks for the response.
After rereading the ld man page, I discovered the -export-dynamic
switch which does exactly what I want. I was either blind or
confused the first time I read the ld man page.
Thanks again.
Tim Moloney
ManTech Real-time Systems Laboratory
2015 Cattlemen Road
Sarasota, FL 34232
(941) 377-6775 x208
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Blew" <wblew@home.com>
To: "Tim Moloney" <moloney@mrsl.com>
Cc: <linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org>;
<yellowdog-devel@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 2:45 AM
Subject: Re: Accessing global symbols from shared library
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Tim Moloney wrote:
>
> I suggest taking a look at the implementation of the X server. It
achieves
> such a feat routinely.
>
> > I am currently trying to port a Solaris application to Linux. The
> > Solaris application dynamically loads custom shared libraries which
> > can access symbols in the main executable. This is not a clean
> > design, but it works. From what I've seen so far, the Linux
> > runtime loader does not allow a shared library to access symbols in
> > the main executable.
> >
> > If someone knows of a linker switch or something that allows shared
> > libraries to access global symbols, please let me know.
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