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Linker and Libraries Guide Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
Part I Using the Link-Editor and Runtime Linker
1. Introduction to the Oracle Solaris Link Editors
6. Establishing Dependencies with Dynamic String Tokens
7. Link-Editor Quick Reference
Part IV ELF Application Binary Interface
13. Program Loading and Dynamic Linking
A. Linker and Libraries Updates and New Features
Oracle Solaris 10 Update 10 Release
The link-editor provides string table compression, that can result in reduced .dynstr and .strtab sections. This default processing can be disabled using the link-editor's -z nocompstrtab option. See String Table Compression.
The -z ignore option has been extended to eliminate unreferenced sections during a link-edit. See Remove Unused Material.
Unreferenced dependencies can be determined using ldd(1). See the -U option.
The link-editor supports extended ELF sections. See ELF Header, Table 12-5, Sections, Table 12-10 and Symbol Table Section.
Greater flexibility in defining a symbols visibility is provided with the protected mapfile directive. See SYMBOL_SCOPE / SYMBOL_VERSION Directives.