From 001ca1d0709257fd7e99b2ec5818a86634bb67b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Haible Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 11:33:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document situations where -export-symbols does not work. * doc/libtool.texi (Link mode): Document that -export-symbols does not work on static libraries. Document the most important platforms where it does not work on shared libraries. --- doc/libtool.texi | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/libtool.texi b/doc/libtool.texi index 04ab34f1..503c0fb1 100644 --- a/doc/libtool.texi +++ b/doc/libtool.texi @@ -1491,7 +1491,13 @@ Allow symbols from @var{output-file} to be resolved with @code{dlsym} @item -export-symbols @var{symfile} Tells the linker to export only the symbols listed in @var{symfile}. The symbol file should end in @file{.sym} and must contain the name of one -symbol per line. This option has no effect on some platforms. +symbol per line. This option has no effect: +@itemize @bullet +@item +on static libraries, and +@item +on shared libraries on some platforms, such as AIX and Haiku. +@end itemize By default all symbols are exported. @item -export-symbols-regex @var{regex}