Re: modulename_LTX_ prefix not removed from preloaded symbols?

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
>
> > You're not supposed to call the loaders directly, just use lt_dlsym, 
> > and it will add the prefix for you:
>
> I _am_ calling lt_dlsym; the problem is that because the module name as 
> it appears in lt_preloaded_symbols does not end in ".la" (it's module.a 
> there), then lt_dlopen does not think it's a libtool module, and thus 
> never sets handle->info.name to any value. If info.name is not set, 
> lt_dlsym does not have anything to add to the symbol name before the 
> lookup.
>
> I'm not really sure what the right way to handle this is; obviously 
> lt_dlopen can't set handle->info.name for all ".a" files as well, 
> because it doesn't know what those are really called.

Are you preopening .a modulenames? You should use the .la filenames.  Have a 
look at CVS m4, which preloads modules and lt_dlsym opens symbols.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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