2.3. Resolving symbols at link-time

On AIX, symbol resolution is performed at link-time and cannot be rebound at the program load-time, except for the two exceptions explained in the following sections:

  • 2.5, “Run-time linking” on page 68

  • 2.6, “Dynamic loading” on page 82

This means that once an executable file was generated, dependent shared objects and archive members in libraries must be referenced using the same path name all the time; otherwise, the executable cannot run.

However, this does not necessary mean that dependent shared objects and archive members in libraries must be in the same directory all the time. If no path information is associated those objects and members, the system loader will look for them in several directories specified ...

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