On Tue July 19 2011, Albrecht Schlosser wrote: > On 19.07.2011 13:30, Michael S. Zick wrote: > > But a quicker answer to just a symbol or a few: use the toolchain. > > ... > > > Now enter: > > nm /usr/lib/libldap.a > > be rewarded with a listing 1,830 lines long of the symbols defined > > and the external symbols referenced. > > > > Of course, entering: > > nm --help > > will give you the command options, and > > man nm > > will give you all of the sicken details (the manual "man" command is > > your friend on any *nix type system). > > > > But for those readers interested in the "instant answer" - > > > > I'm afraid you got it the wrong way around: >
You are correct, my bad. The linker makes an internal list of the __required__ symbols and then (actually, at the same time) tries to satisfy that list by the symbols provided in the __following listed__ libraries. I wrote those directions backwards - a major brain fart on my part. Very glad you spotted my error. Mike > > The symbols this library provides (meaning this library is __before__ > > This should read "__after__" ... > > > the users of these symbols in the link command), > > Enter: > > nm --defined /usr/lib/libldap.a > > > > The symbols this library requires (meaning this library is __after__ > > ... and this should read "__before__" . > > > the providers of these symbols in the link command), > > Enter: > > nm --undefined-only /usr/lib/libldap.a ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
