> > ld checks the symbols in the shared libs during compile time to see > if it can > > resolve all symbols and appearantly also detects duplicated > symbols. On Linux > > it is not necassery impossible to have two libs that define the > same symbols. > > E.g. this feature can be used to override the malloc implementation of libc. > > Of course when this happens inadvertently it can lead to unexpected > > behaviour/crashes. ELF (The linking format used on Linux) has rather complex > > rules for determining which symbol should be used if it is defined multiple > > times. It also distinguishes between weak and strong symbols. It might be > > that it is only possible to override weak-symbols and that multiple > > strong-symbols result in link-errors. > > Does the cygwin ld has some similar rules ? > Is nobody on this list, who can give an answer to this question ?
Ralf