Hi All, A DSO uses Crypto++. Crypto++ has a number of exported symbols, which are showing up in the DSO. nm -g -D --defined-only libesapi-c++.so | grep -i cryptopp | wc -l 5560 According to ld(2), we can use --exclude-libs. I've tried adding the flag before and after the library includes; and used variations on the name: cryptopp, libcryptopp, libcryptopp.so. And I have not been able to get --exclude-libs to work, even with ALL. Another related question: why is nm displaying the crypto++ stuff in the first place? I used - visibility=hidden (and export select classes and functions), and don't claim to export Crypto++ stuff. I'm confused why --export-only and --defined-only is not being honored. Jeff $ make test #cryptopp listed before included libs g++ -g3 -ggdb -O2 -Dprivate=public -Dprotected=public -DSAFEINT_DISALLOW_UNSIGNED_NEGATION=1 -pipe -fsigned-char -Woverloaded-virtual -fvisibility=hidden -Wall -Wextra -Wno-type-limits -Wno-unused -std=c++0x -D_REENTRANT -o lib/libesapi-c++.so <Object Files> -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib -L./lib --exclude-libs cryptopp -shared -lpthread -lcryptopp g++: cryptopp: No such file or directory $ make test #cryptopp listed after included libs g++ -g3 -ggdb -O2 -Dprivate=public -Dprotected=public -DSAFEINT_DISALLOW_UNSIGNED_NEGATION=1 -pipe -fsigned-char -Woverloaded-virtual -fvisibility=hidden -Wall -Wextra -Wno-type-limits -Wno-unused -std=c++0x -D_REENTRANT -o lib/libesapi-c++.so <Object Files> -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib -L./lib -shared -lpthread -lcryptopp --exclude-libs cryptopp g++: cryptopp: No such file or directory
