Re: [Offtopic] C++-coded-packages
On 28 Aug 1997, Guy Maor wrote:
> Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:
>
> > why does the linker link to shared libraries that are not used in any way
> > in the code?
>
> The linker just does what it's told. You should link with only the
> libraries you use.
Hm, somehow this strikes me as sub-optimal..
Is there any tool to tell if any libraries are totally unused and can be
removed? I wonder how many package depend on libraries that they don't
actually use (like libg++)
Jason
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