On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Perry Smith <pedz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The basic problem is GNU/Linux symbol visibility behavior is becoming >> more complicated (and actually evolving toward original AIX behavior), >> but it also is using additional syntax and options in Makefiles >> without invoking AIX with compatible, matching options. > > I'm hoping this is a good thing. GNU/Linux, to me, seemed rather sloopy > and they could "link" and produce code that could eventually fail due to > a missing symbol. The general open software developer perspective > seemed to have a disdain for AIX's wanting to know where every symbol > was going to come from at link time. The stricter semantics is good, but GNU/Linux uses different syntax and communicates the information differently than AIX, so it does not work naturally with AIX. I am glad that you are making progress. - David
