[lsb-discuss] LSB conf call notes for 2008-09-10

Howard Chu hyc at symas.com
Fri Sep 12 14:53:10 PDT 2008


Nelson B Bolyard wrote:
> Jeff Licquia wrote, On 2008-09-12 12:12:
>> Nelson B Bolyard wrote:
>
>>> What is meant by "provide a stub"?
>> The LSB SDK provides its own shared libraries for the purpose of linking
>> applications.  They have no code, but provide the proper entry points,
>> so when the app is run, the app links to the proper symbols in the full
>> shared library.  This is what we call a "stub".
>
> Thanks for that explanation.  It sounds to me as if LSB will provide
> something similar to what MS Windows calls an "import library", a
> surrogate for the real shared library, used only for linking in other
> libraries or executables, something not historically required on Unix-ish
> platforms.  I hope you won't mind if I use the term "import library" for
> these stubs.

I think the correct concept here is a "filter library"
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/801-6737/6i13gn6j5?a=view

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