Re: Weak symbols (Was: World breakage in libc_r?)

1999-10-17 Thread John Polstra
In article , <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 15-Oct-99 at 15:05, John Birrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > A weak symbol is like an alias for another (strong) symbol. The > > linker will link to strong symbols first, then, for any unresolved > > references, i

Re: Weak symbols (Was: World breakage in libc_r?)

1999-10-15 Thread patl
On 15-Oct-99 at 15:05, John Birrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 08:09:57PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > Sheer curiosity and most likely a somewhat dim question: > > > > what the h* is a weak versus a strong symbol? > > A weak symbol is like an alias for another (strong)

Weak symbols (Was: World breakage in libc_r?)

1999-10-15 Thread John Birrell
On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 08:09:57PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > Sheer curiosity and most likely a somewhat dim question: > > what the h* is a weak versus a strong symbol? A weak symbol is like an alias for another (strong) symbol. The linker will link to strong symbols first, then, for any unreso