On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:47 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Cary Coutant <ccout...@google.com> wrote: >>> We only have very few bits to in STB_XXX field. >> >> This is exactly why I'm not in favor of this extension. The feature >> doesn't seem compelling enough to use up one of these precious >> reserved values (in fact, you're using the next-to-last one that's >> reserved for OS use). >> >> You want a backup definition? Put a weak def at the end of the link line. >> > > It doesn't work for us since the backup definition is > always used even if there is a normal definition in > a shared library or an archive. > >
In our usage, the backup definition may not be at the end of link command line. -- H.J.