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From: Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>
To: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: static linking and dlopen
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 16:53:14 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121209215314.GG20323@brightrain.aerifal.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1355083763.9353.2@driftwood>

On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 02:09:23PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote:
> 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 a build break? Perhaps a redirect to
> dlopen_is_not_compatible_with_static_linking_go_read_posix?

The dlopen in libc.a simply always-fails. For programs where loading
modules is optional, this is probably the ideal behavior.

Rich


      reply	other threads:[~2012-12-09 21:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-08 18:09 Paul Schutte
2012-12-08 20:47 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-12-09 20:02   ` Rob Landley
2012-12-08 22:52 ` Rich Felker
2012-12-08 23:17   ` Charlie Kester
2012-12-08 23:23     ` Rich Felker
2012-12-09  0:04       ` Paul Schutte
2012-12-09  0:16         ` Rich Felker
2012-12-09 15:24           ` Paul Schutte
2012-12-09 17:54             ` Rich Felker
2012-12-09 19:07               ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-12-09 19:24                 ` Rich Felker
2012-12-09  2:39         ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-12-09  6:36     ` croco
2012-12-09  7:25       ` Isaac Dunham
2012-12-09  8:10         ` Charlie Kester
2012-12-09 10:08         ` croco
2012-12-09 11:46           ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-12-09 15:11             ` Rich Felker
2012-12-09 20:43           ` Rob Landley
2012-12-08 23:29   ` Paul Schutte
2012-12-09  2:55   ` Szabolcs Nagy
2012-12-09  3:10     ` Rich Felker
2012-12-09  7:30     ` Isaac Dunham
2012-12-09 20:09   ` Rob Landley
2012-12-09 21:53     ` Rich Felker [this message]

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