PATCH not necessary .o linked into smbd

[Jim McDonough]

Andreas Moroder wrote:
>today I did test if the gnu linker on my suse linux does leave away unused
>functions.
>
>It does NOT.
You are absolutely right, when there is a .o file linked in.

I was thinking of .a files.

Jim

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"Claudia Moroder" <claudiamoroder at st-ulrich.suedtirol.net> on 02/26/2002
02:41:48 PM

To:    Jim McDonough/Portland/IBM at IBMUS
cc:    <samba-technical at samba.org>
Subject:    Re: PATCH not necessary .o linked into smbd



Hello Jim,

today I did test if the gnu linker on my suse linux does leave away unused
functions.

It does NOT.

Maybe there is anyone out there that can confirm this.

Bye
Andreas



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Von: "Jim McDonough" <jmcd at us.ibm.com>
An: "andreas moroder" <claudiamoroder at st-ulrich.suedtirol.net>
Cc: <mimir at diament.ists.pwr.wroc.pl>; <samba-technical at samba.org>
Gesendet: Montag, 25. Februar 2002 20:12
Betreff: Re: PATCH not necessary .o linked into smbd


>
> >> 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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