Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > [mlacage@diese test]$ cc -fpic -c -o test.o test.c > [mlacage@diese test]$ ld -shared -nostartfiles -o libtest.so test.o > [mlacage@diese test]$ readelf -l ./libtest.so -nostartfiles is a compiler option, not a linker option. I would expect that passing -nostartfiles to the linker would be treated as passing -n -o startfiles. Then the -o option is overridden by your later -o libtest.so. So you are effectively invoking the linker with the -n option, q.v. Ian
