On 12 August 2011 14:13, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > 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. I think --exclude-libs only applies to archive libraries, i.e. static libs. But as it's an ld option you should a) probably ask on a binutils list and b) use -Wl,--exclude-libs,libfoobar.a if you're passing it to gcc
