PATCH not necessary .o linked into smbd

Jim McDonough jmcd at us.ibm.com
Mon Feb 25 11:19:01 GMT 2002


>> libsmb/clirap2 is linked into smbd, nmbd ... but the functions defined
> inthere are used only in net.
>
>I'm not sure yet, but the Net* functions (RAP calls) might be used
>somewhere in smbd while checking interdomain trust relatonships. When
>I work further on this code, I'll know. For now, they indeed are used only
>in 'net tool while establishing trust to remote domain (new patch is close
>to finish).
Is it causing you a problem?  The executable code shouldn't be included,
because most linkers are smart enough to leave out unreferenced functions.


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