binutils-2.22: ld and --copy-dt-needed-entries

[Martin Matuska]

On 6.12.2011 17:48, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> Just for your information.
> It seems that ld from binutils-2.22 by default has --no-copy-dt-needed-entries
> behavior, and so explicit --copy-dt-needed-entries is now needed where the
> previous default behavior is relied upon.
>
> A short excerpt from the man page for your convenience:
>
>> This option also has an effect on the resolution of symbols in
>> dynamic libraries.  With --copy-dt-needed-entries dynamic libraries
>> mentioned on the command line will be recursively searched,
>> following their DT_NEEDED tags to other libraries, in order to
>> resolve symbols required by the output binary.  With the default
>> setting however the searching of dynamic libraries that follow it
>> will stop with the dynamic library itself.  No DT_NEEDED links will
>> be traversed to resolve symbols.
What do we do with this?
We can go back, patch to behave as before or to continue.
Are there any serious complaints?

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