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Diffstat (limited to 'ld/lexsup.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/lexsup.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ld/lexsup.c b/ld/lexsup.c index fe19e61..556a5ba 100644 --- a/ld/lexsup.c +++ b/ld/lexsup.c @@ -660,12 +660,19 @@ parse_args (unsigned argc, char **argv) break; case OPTION_CALL_SHARED: config.dynamic_link = TRUE; - /* When linking against shared libraries, the default - behaviour is to ignore any unresolved references. */ + /* When linking against shared libraries, the default behaviour is + to report any unresolved references. This is for backwards + comptability with previous linker behaviour. Whilst strictly + speaking it is not a failure to encounter unresolved symbols at + link time - the symbol *might* be available at load time - it is + nevertheless necessary for the correct execution of the autoconf + package. (It needs to be able to detect functions that are not + provided by the host OS). Since this package is used by lots of + projects, maintaining the old linker behaviour is important. */ if (link_info.unresolved_syms_in_objects == RM_NOT_YET_SET) link_info.unresolved_syms_in_objects = RM_IGNORE; if (link_info.unresolved_syms_in_shared_libs == RM_NOT_YET_SET) - link_info.unresolved_syms_in_shared_libs = RM_IGNORE; + link_info.unresolved_syms_in_shared_libs = how_to_report_unresolved_symbols; break; case OPTION_NON_SHARED: config.dynamic_link = FALSE; |