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Hello! I have an object file jb.o (loadable module actually), but I don't have any source for it. I just have binary file. When I link my code with it ...
  1. 04-23-2007 #1
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    help: Stripping object file

    Hello!

    I have an object file jb.o (loadable module actually), but I don't have any source for it. I just have binary file. When I link my code with it I get some linker errors for the symbols I know I won't need. Is there some way of stripping the object file (erasing part of the code) that deletes calls to these functions? Or maybe I could write empty functions and insert them into the object file? I know I can strip the object file, but these only removes symbol names (strings) from the code and not the actual code.

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    Hi.

    If telling the linker to ignore errors for unresolved symbols would be acceptable, then perhaps some of the options noted in man ld may be useful ... cheers, drl
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