On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 06:34:43PM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 05:51:13PM +0300, Alexey Tourbin wrote:
[...]
> > So, contrary to the initial message, with --as-needed on, there seems
> > to be NO REASON to enable --no-copy-dt-needed-entries by default.
> 
> Just the opposite, there is a reason to link ELF executables with all
> libraries they use directly.  Applications should be neither overlinked
> nor underlinked.  The first problem is solved by --as-needed, the second
> issue will be fixed by enabling --no-copy-dt-needed-entries by default.

I was wrong, --copy-dt-needed-entries does not produce underlinked apps,
so I withdraw my proposal to change the default from --copy-dt-needed-entries
to --no-copy-dt-needed-entries.


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