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From: byron@archone.tamu.edu (Byron Rakitzis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Redefining a symbol in /lib/libsys_s.a (bug in /bin/ld?)
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Date: 27 Jun 91 04:47:37 GMT
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If I redefine a symbol in a program I write, say malloc(), then the
NeXT loader will refuse to load my object file with /lib/libsys_s.a.

For example:

$ cat > a.c
malloc(){return 0;}
main(){return malloc();}
$ cc a.c
/bin/ld: multiple definitions of symbol _malloc
a.o definition of _malloc in section (__TEXT,__text)
/lib/libsys_s.a(malloc.o) definition of absolute _malloc (value 0x50028fa)

Does anyone know a way to work around this problem (besides the obvious
renaming of malloc() in a.c...)?

Please send me mail and I will summarize to the net.


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Byron Rakitzis
byron@archone.tamu.edu