On Mon, 02 Dec 2013, Hatt Tom wrote: > And also : why cannot I dlclose a .so that I've linked my executable > to, in the usual fashion. > > is it because the reference count of that .so would not alwayes to be zero ? > > It seems puzzling to me ? > how would you ensure consistency of the GOT ? I think the problem is that you would end up with invalid addresses in the GOT as they were setup by ld based on link-time information. thx! hofrat