Re: Supporting -export-dynamic on AIX libtool [Top][All Lists] Advanced [Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: Supporting -export-dynamic on AIX From: Albert Chin Subject: Re: Supporting -export-dynamic on AIX Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:12:31 -0500 User-agent: Mutt/1.5.6i On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 01:14:23AM -0500, Albert Chin wrote: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 07:12:34PM -0500, Albert Chin wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 01:04:17AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > * Albert Chin wrote on Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 08:49:29PM CEST: > > > > On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 08:29:44PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > > * Albert Chin wrote on Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 08:08:15PM CEST: > > > > > > Any reason we don't use -bexpall to support -export-dynamic on AIX? > > > > >  > > > > > Yes, as commented in libtool.m4: > > >  > > > > I think this is still correct. How should I fix it? > > >  > > > Well.  In what way(s) do gaim and galculator fail, and why? > > > Is there a way to reproduce the failure without much hassle > > > such as lots of required packages, maybe even a stripped down > > > test case?  Are those packages doing something we may want > > > to allow, or is it impossible to realize portably anyway? > > > I'm sorry but I cannot answer your question without more > > > information.  (That is not to say that I could otherwise ;-) > >  > > When I say "how should I fix it", I mean what's the best way to > > implement -export-dynamic on AIX. Maybe a new export_dynamic_cmds > > command that creates the symbols ala export_symbols_cmds and then > > export_dynamic_flag_spec to add the ld flag to export the symbols from > > export_symbols_cmds to the binary? >  > I'm thinking of a patch along the lines of the one below. What do you > think?