Re: linker option `-version-script' vs. `-retain-symbol-file'

2018-01-28 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Ulrich Drepper, in his article on DLLs > > https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/dsohowto.pdf > > (section 2.2.6), criticizes that libtool maps its `--export-symbols' > option to GNU linker option `-retain-symbol-file'. Instead, it > should use `-version-script'. > > This seems to be a valid con

linker option `-version-script' vs. `-retain-symbol-file'

2018-01-28 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Ulrich Drepper, in his article on DLLs https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/dsohowto.pdf (section 2.2.6), criticizes that libtool maps its `--export-symbols' option to GNU linker option `-retain-symbol-file'. Instead, it should use `-version-script'. This seems to be a valid concern. Given that