Re: Linking two shared object libs with same symbols, Solaris 2.6

From: Casper H.S. Dik (Casper.Dik_at_Sun.COM)
Date: 06/07/04

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    cesars@nortelnetworks.com (cesars@nortelnetworks.com) writes:

    >I have an application running on Solaris 2.6 that is linking with two
    >shared object libs ( libv2.so and libv4.so ). These two libs are
    >basically two wrapper classes that make API calls to two other .so
    >libs ( libver2.so and libver4.so ), the API functions are the
    >same on both libver2.so and libver4.so, that's the reason I created
    >the wrapper classes. The libv2.so links with libver2.so and libv4.so
    >links with libver4.so without any problems.

    >My app compiles and links without any problems either, but when I run it,
    >only one set of the API calls work, either the one on libver2.so or
    >libver4.so, but not both at the same time.

    >I have narrowed the problem to the order of the libraries at linking
    >time. If I do "..... -lv2 -lv4 ......" only the API calls to liver2.so work
    >but not the ones to libver4.so. If I reverse the order of the libraries
    >"..... -lv4 -lv2 ....." the opposite happens and only API calls in the
    >libver4.so work.

    >How do I make the executable to actually have both of them at the same
    >time?

    Try linking the wrapper libraries with -Bdirect.

    Casper 

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