Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 10:36:33 -0700 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: mathiasp@virtual-earth.de Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -ldl and dlsym autoconf questions Message-ID: <199809151736.KAA21772@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199809142027.WAA01601@mp.virtual-earth.de> References: <199809142027.WAA01601@mp.virtual-earth.de>
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In article <199809142027.WAA01601@mp.virtual-earth.de>,
Mathias Picker <mathiasp@virtual-earth.de> wrote:
> 2) there is a call to dlsym("register_objects"... which needs to be
> dlsym("_register_objects"...
...
> Oh, yes, this is all on freebsd-stable about three weeks old...
You should be able to use dlsym("register_objects") then, without
the leading underscore. The dynamic linker tries to be intelligent
about it.
> Will something in this area change with the switch to 3.0?
In 3.0, which uses ELF, dlsym("_register_objects") will not work. You
should specify the variable name as it appears in a C program.
--
John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
"Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth
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