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From: pcc@frame.UUCP (Camden Clarke)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: AIX 3.1.5 X libraries
Message-ID: <19722@frame.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 91 06:34:15 GMT
Reply-To: pcc@frame.com (Camden Clarke)
Organization: Frame Technology Corp. San Jose, Calif.
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Running AIX 3.1.5 (aka 3.1 with the 3005 update applied).

I've been using '/usr/ucb/nm' (BSD nm) to examine the supplied X libraries,
and I'm getting results that I can't explain.  Does anyone know why this
happens?:
% /usr/ucb/nm libX11.a | grep XOpenDisplay
0000c210 T .XOpenDisplay
00006e6c D XOpenDisplay
%
% /usr/ucb/nm libXt.a | grep XOpenDisplay
         U XOpenDisplay
000041c4 T .XOpenDisplay
000041c4 t .XOpenDisplay
00008938 d XOpenDisplay
%
% /usr/ucb/nm libdps.a | grep XOpenDisplay
         U XOpenDisplay
0000be60 T .XOpenDisplay
0000be60 t .XOpenDisplay
0000d5b0 d XOpenDisplay

It looks to me like there are three copies of XOpenDisplay, one in each
library, but I don't think that's really the case.  My best guess is that
this is caused by shared libraries.  (And speaking of shared libraries,
where is a good place to start reading in info to understand AIX shared
libraries?  Can you link a binary without shared libraries, like -Bstatic
under SunOS?)
Any help would be appreciated.
				-Cam Clarke
				Frame Technology
				cclarke@frame.com OR pcc@frame.com