http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52623
--- Comment #14 from David Edelsohn <dje at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-03-27 16:38:15 UTC --- > Do you see any technical issue why Import > Files cannot be used this way for filename-based versioning over the > traditional onefile-membername-based versioning? I think that import files can be used the way you suggest. I am not sure I understand why you write that libNAME.so is broken. AIX can search for a bare shared object named libNAME.so. Also, I still believe that your "Linux" solution will require linking with -brtl or -bsvr4.