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On 12/08/2012 04:52:37 PM, Rich Felker wrote:
> The source of all these problems is basically the same as the benefit
> of static linking: the fact that the linker resolves, statically at
> link time, which object files are needed to satisfy the needs of the
> program. With dlopen, however, there is no static answer; *any* object
> is potentially-needed, not directly by the main program, but possibly
> by loaded modules.

Is there some way you could put a dlopen() symbol in libc.a that forces =20
a build break? Perhaps a redirect to =20
dlopen_is_not_compatible_with_static_linking_go_read_posix?

Rob

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