RE: Linker question

• Subject: RE: Linker question
• From: "Eric Postpischil" <email@hidden>
• Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:52:07 -0800
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On November 2, 2005, John Stiles wrote:

> Is there any way to ask the linker "what references function X? why
> did it get included in the final output?"

The loader has switches -whyload, which tells why each module is loaded,
and -y<symbol>, which traces the references for a particular symbol.  See
the ld manual page for more details.

				-- edp (Eric Postpischil)
				http://edp.org

"My boyfriend had a bicentennial." -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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