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* Shared libs
@ 2000-05-08  3:02 Vinu V Nair
  2000-05-08  3:51 ` Alexandre Oliva
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Vinu V Nair @ 2000-05-08  3:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-help

Hi..

 Is it necessary that all shared libraries be executables? What happens if
we try to link to a shared library that is not an executable?

rgds
vinu

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* Re: Shared libs
  2000-05-08  3:02 Shared libs Vinu V Nair
@ 2000-05-08  3:51 ` Alexandre Oliva
  2000-05-08  3:58   ` Pascal Bleser
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Alexandre Oliva @ 2000-05-08  3:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vinu V Nair; +Cc: gcc-help

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On May  8, 2000, Vinu V Nair <vinu@sasi.com> wrote:

>  Is it necessary that all shared libraries be executables?

It depends on the platform.


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* Re: Shared libs
  2000-05-08  3:51 ` Alexandre Oliva
@ 2000-05-08  3:58   ` Pascal Bleser
  2000-05-08  5:36     ` Alexandre Oliva
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Pascal Bleser @ 2000-05-08  3:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-help

Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On May  8, 2000, Vinu V Nair <vinu@sasi.com> wrote:
> >  Is it necessary that all shared libraries be executables?
> It depends on the platform.

Is it necessary on Linux ?
I don't think so...

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* Re: Shared libs
  2000-05-08  3:58   ` Pascal Bleser
@ 2000-05-08  5:36     ` Alexandre Oliva
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Alexandre Oliva @ 2000-05-08  5:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pascal Bleser; +Cc: gcc-help

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On May  8, 2000, Pascal Bleser <pbleser@atos-group.com> wrote:

> Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> On May  8, 2000, Vinu V Nair <vinu@sasi.com> wrote:
>> >  Is it necessary that all shared libraries be executables?
>> It depends on the platform.

> Is it necessary on Linux ?
> I don't think so...

I don't think it's necessary, but it's common practice.

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* Shared Libs
@ 2000-07-26 11:50 Ednardo Lobo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ednardo Lobo @ 2000-07-26 11:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: glibc-linux, help-gcc

I need them in build ??
Or are they need only in execution ??



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