Re: Supporting -export-dynamic on AIX

[Albert Chin]

On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 01:04:17AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Albert Chin wrote on Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 08:49:29PM CEST:
> > On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 08:29:44PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > > * Albert Chin wrote on Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 08:08:15PM CEST:
> > > > Any reason we don't use -bexpall to support -export-dynamic on AIX?
> > > 
> > > Yes, as commented in libtool.m4:
> 
> > I think this is still correct. How should I fix it?
> 
> Well.  In what way(s) do gaim and galculator fail, and why?
> Is there a way to reproduce the failure without much hassle
> such as lots of required packages, maybe even a stripped down
> test case?  Are those packages doing something we may want
> to allow, or is it impossible to realize portably anyway?
> I'm sorry but I cannot answer your question without more
> information.  (That is not to say that I could otherwise ;-)

When I say "how should I fix it", I mean what's the best way to
implement -export-dynamic on AIX. Maybe a new export_dynamic_cmds
command that creates the symbols ala export_symbols_cmds and then
export_dynamic_flag_spec to add the ld flag to export the symbols from
export_symbols_cmds to the binary?

gaim/galculator fail because they require symbols in the main
executable to be exported to dlopen()'ed modules.

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albert chin (address@hidden)