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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 5a88242..77846d5 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -491,15 +491,19 @@ regardless of this option. @cindex dynamic symbol table @kindex -E @kindex --export-dynamic +@kindex --no-export-dynamic @item -E @itemx --export-dynamic -When creating a dynamically linked executable, add all symbols to the -dynamic symbol table. The dynamic symbol table is the set of symbols -which are visible from dynamic objects at run time. - -If you do not use this option, the dynamic symbol table will normally -contain only those symbols which are referenced by some dynamic object -mentioned in the link. +@itemx --no-export-dynamic +When creating a dynamically linked executable, using the @option{-E} +option or the @option{--export-dynamic} option causes the linker to add +all symbols to the dynamic symbol table. The dynamic symbol table is the +set of symbols which are visible from dynamic objects at run time. + +If you do not use either of these options (or use the +@option{--no-export-dynamic} option to restore the default behavior), the +dynamic symbol table will normally contain only those symbols which are +referenced by some dynamic object mentioned in the link. If you use @code{dlopen} to load a dynamic object which needs to refer back to the symbols defined by the program, rather than some other |