Re: ld: global symbol warning message suggestion

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Jari,

> I have an object file with a global variable 'bind'. I have linked 
> the file to an application which uses libc function 'bind'. 
> The linking goes fine, but when run, the application experiences 
> segmentation fault on function 'bind'.

Sorry - there is no simple way to resolve this issue.  One of the 
purposes of a library is to allow the user to provide their own 
definitions for the functions and variables that it contains.  So the 
linker has to allow you to provide your own definition of "bind", even 
you do so by mistake.

Cheers
  Nick