Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!csccat!egsner!eric From: eric@egsner.cirr.com (Eric Schnoebelen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: Dynamic Loading Message-ID: <1990Sep11.042620.5999@egsner.cirr.com> Date: 11 Sep 90 04:26:20 GMT References: <9769@discus.technion.ac.il> Organization: Central Iowa (Model) Railroad, Dallas, Tx. Lines: 27 In article <9769@discus.technion.ac.il> devil%techunix.bitnet@lilac.berkeley.edu (Gil Tene) writes: - In article - hallettJ@gemed.ge.com writes: - > - > [Wants to link in objects on the fly] - - Look up the "-A" option in the ld(1) man page. [...] - - Beware : some unix systems DO NOT have this feature. I am sure it - works in BSD and SunOS, but I have checked DG/UX on an Aviion - (as an example), and it has no -A option to ld. And some systems use the -A flag for something completely different. An example is the ConvexOS loader, which uses -A for a compiler only type of switch. ConvexOS is nominally BSD, but the object format is now a COFF like thing, as opposed the original BSD a.out format. From my other experiences, System V (at least releases 2 and 3+) don't support ld -A at all. -- Eric Schnoebelen eric@cirr.com schnoebe@convex.com "This is an important announcement. This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be a perfect time to disembark." - _So_Long_And_Thanks_For_All_The_Fish_