[Mach-O] Support -flat_namespace flag - #795
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This implements the minimum necessary to support the `-flat_namespace`
flag.
I have not added this flag to the `-help` text, because I'm not certain
this is faithful to ld64's behaviour under this flag. From `man ld`:
-flat_namespace
Alters how symbols are resolved at build time and runtime. With -two_levelnamespace (the default), the linker only
searches dylibs on the command line for symbols, and records in which dylib they were found. With -flat_namespace, the
linker searches all dylibs on the command line and all dylibs those original dylibs depend on. The linker does not record
which dylib an external symbol came from, so at runtime dyld again searches all images and uses the first definition it
finds. In addition, any undefines in loaded flat_namespace dylibs must be resolvable at build time.
However, I believe what is done here is enough to approximate what build
systems expect to happen when they pass `-flat_namespace` to the linker.
Closes rui314#785.
Signed-off-by: Carlo Cabrera <30379873+carlocab@users.noreply.github.com>
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Actually, I'd like to test this some more to make sure. |
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Yeah, I think the flag needs more than this. We record dylib names along with dynamic symbols, but that doesn't make sense for the flag namespace. |
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This implements the minimum necessary to support the
-flat_namespaceflag.I have not added this flag to the
-helptext, because I'm not certain this is faithful to ld64's behaviour under this flag. Fromman ld:However, I believe what is done here is enough to approximate what build systems expect to happen when they pass
-flat_namespaceto the linker.Closes #785.
Signed-off-by: Carlo Cabrera 30379873+carlocab@users.noreply.github.com