On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 Thanks Jonathan. My apologies about the ld question. Jeff
