* Patrick Horgan <phorgan1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's the order that they're seen by the linker. Once the symbols are > resolved they aren't looked for anymore, so your malloc.o would resolve > malloc() and when glibc is looked at later, the linker would never look > for malloc in there since it's already resolved. What happens to references to malloc() from libc or other libraries ? Do they also get the own symbol ? cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weigelt@xxxxxxxx mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ----------------------------------------------------------------------