Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:04:38 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dynamic loading in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990510220308.24802R-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <19990510173538.F699@fisicc-ufm.edu>
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On Mon, 10 May 1999, Oscar Bonilla wrote: > Does anyone know about this libdl thing? i'm woeking with the=20 > kmp3 developers to have the kmp3 program be source compatible > with freebsd. in the final linking of the program the makefile > has a -ldl switch which g++ refuses to accept, i asked Cajus > and here's his reply. >=20 > On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 09:54:12AM +0200, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > libdl is for dynamic loading. We use it for the plugins. The main probl= em=20 > > will > > be that this feature is sysv. When I started to write the plugin engin= e, > > someone told me that there=B4s a SYSV kit for BSD systems with exactly = this > > dynamic loader included, but I can=B4t tell you where to get it... > >=20 > > Do you know about it? > >=20 >=20 > Thanks in advance, I think dynamic loading in FreeBSD is supported in libc, you don't need the "-ldl" flag however you should consult the man pages for dlsym under freebsd to learn of the quirks involved. Please post back if you have any problems. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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