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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index d2ce592..84f8973 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -586,6 +586,8 @@ Warn when a common symbol is combined with another common symbol or with a symbol definition. Unix linkers allow this somewhat sloppy practice, but linkers on some other operating systems do not. This option allows you to find potential problems from combining global symbols. +Unfortunately, some C libraries use this practice, so you may get some +warnings about symbols in the libraries as well as in your programs. There are three kinds of global symbols, illustrated here by C examples: |