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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 1998 22:38:55 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: GGI Problem..
Message-ID:  <19980213223855.57297@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <199802130437.PAA13183@cain.gsoft.com.au>; from Daniel O'Connor on Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 03:07:09PM %2B1030
References:  <199802130437.PAA13183@cain.gsoft.com.au>

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On Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 03:07:09PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> Well, I fixed the linking problem with libggi by adding the -r flag to the 
> link process.. I am not actually sure what effect it has, and I can't test it 
> since the rest of GGI doesn't exist yet...
> 
> Anyone feel like enlightening me? :)

(From memory of the man page).
-r makes ld create a new object file, suitable for another pass through ld.


This is useful together with symorder to restrict symbol exposure at
some points in the link process.  You're not getting an executable,
though - you're getting an object that isn't finished with linking.

Eivind.

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