> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Anton Shterenlikht > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:08 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: same function name in multiple archives - bad idea? > > Is it wrong to have functions with the same name > in multiple archives? E.g: > > % ar -t /usr/local/lib/libslatec.a | grep fdump.o > fdump.o > % ar -t /usr/local/lib/libcmlib.a | grep fdump.o > fdump.o > > Which "fdump" function will be used if I then link > against -larchive1.a -larchive2.a? > > And is there an easy way to find functions belonging > in multiple archives? >
Anton, I believe for ELF images the linker will stop looking after finding it, so the order of -l<library> controls which one will be used. If you want to see which one was used during linking, use the ld options '-M -Map <mapfile> --cref' which will create a map file with cross references. Patrick _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
