Re: 2 non-libtool libs want to start

[Peter O'Gorman]

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Ross Boylan wrote:

| I verified with nm that both the R and boost test libraries define
| (not just refer to) the symbol _main.

Hmm, that is a little strange, I just built R (the fink package for 2.0.1)
and don't have a _main function defined in or referenced from the R framework.

| I'm stunned it works at all.  For example, the documentation on the
| loader on OS X seems to imply it will barf on doubly defined symbols.
This totally depends on how the library was linked.


| On linux, when I changed the order of the libs, the boost test suite
| took control and ran all the tests I had specified.  That was the
| behavior I wanted.

This should also work on darwin/Mac OS X, the linker will (normally) use the
first definition it sees. Please let me know how to reproduce your setup and
I'll try to have something by year-end.

Peter
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