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authorPhilip Guenther <guenther@cvs.openbsd.org>2015-09-06 23:06:14 +0000
committerPhilip Guenther <guenther@cvs.openbsd.org>2015-09-06 23:06:14 +0000
commit60ea11b5d7465d615e76fa72191b4d4e377c18e9 (patch)
treea2cee2f178e096ab91fadad0598248a7650f2143 /lib/libc
parent72e1605db1fadcebb7a318ea6c74bb38e3b86ec3 (diff)
Document the rule for keeping static and shared archs in sync
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diff --git a/lib/libc/Symbols.list b/lib/libc/Symbols.list
index c74a51b4d17..8b964f0f0d0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/Symbols.list
+++ b/lib/libc/Symbols.list
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * In order to guarantee that static and shared archs see the same "public"
+ * symbols, this file should always include all the non-static symbols that
+ * are in the application namespace. So, if a symbol starts with a letter,
+ * don't delete it from here without either making it static or renaming it
+ * to have a leading underbar.
+ */
+
/* symbols that no one should be using currently */
_init
_fini