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[Bug ld/20691] weak symbol not merged


From: nickc at redhat dot com
Subject: [Bug ld/20691] weak symbol not merged
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:36:17 +0000

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20691

Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |nickc at redhat dot com
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #1 from Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> ---
Hi Othacehe,

  This is not a bug, it is an optimization.  Since you are not creating a 
  dynamic executable there is no way that the weak __test symbol can be 
  resolved at run-time.  So there is no need to keep it in the executable's
  symbol table.

Cheers
  Nick

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