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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
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To: M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com>
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Subject: g++ collect2 and c'tors symbols ?
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<<On Thu, 17 Aug 95 17:39:55 EST, M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com> said:

>     Does anyone know what symbols or pattern (gcc/g++) collect2 look
> for to locate all the constructors ?

gcc/g++ doesn't use collect2 under FreeBSD.  Rather, they emit N_SETT
symbols for the linker sets __CTOR_LIST__ and __DTOR_LIST__.

-GAWollman

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