2008/148: new ldd(1) -p option

[James Carlson]

Rod Evans writes:
>    % cat mapfile-extern
>    {
> 	global:
> 		mdb_zalloc =          EXTERN;
>                  mdb_free =            EXTERN;
>                  mdb_vread =           EXTERN;
>                  ...
>    };

If the symbols have been explicitly classed such that they're supposed
to be resolved by the parent, then why should ldd complain about them
in the first place?

Why is "-p" needed, rather than just making that behavior the default?
Isn't the "EXTERN" tag enough information?

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