Hi, Why, when and/or how is this a problem ? All the KDE screensavers I've tested link to this library, and run perfectly.
I also don't think there is conceptually anything wrong with the idea of referencing back to application symbols from a dll. E.g. have a look at this ld(1) flag: --export-dynamic When creating a dynamically linked executable, add all symbols to the dynamic symbol table. The dynamic symbol table is the set of symbols which are visible from dynamic objects at run time. If you do not use this option, the dynamic symbol table will normally contain only those symbols which are referenced by some dynamic object mentioned in the link. If you use "dlopen" to load a dynamic object which needs to refer back to the symbols defined by the program, rather than some other dynamic object, then you will probably need to use this option when linking the program itself. This flag is necessary for dlopen'd dll's to reference back to symbols from the application, so I would think: 1 It's definitely possible for dll's to reference back to application symbols, even when they're dlopen'd 2 This flag may not even be necessary for dll's that aren't dlopened, but linked in at startup. cheers domi