[cmake-developers] [CMake 0013858]: Automatic handling of .sym (exported symbol list) files on Linux

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=13858 
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Reported By:                szx
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   13858
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            have not tried
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2013-01-18 07:30 EST
Last Modified:              2013-01-18 07:30 EST
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Summary:                    Automatic handling of .sym (exported symbol list)
files on Linux
Description: 
On Windows when you add a .def file, it just works i.e. no need to pass
"/DEF:filename.def" (MSVC) or "-Wl,--def=filename.def" (MinGW) flags to the
compiler.

I propose a similar behaviour for .sym files (or perhaps different extension) on
Linux systems which would add "-Wl,--retain-symbols-file=filename.sym" to the
link command line.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2013-01-18 07:30 szx            New Issue                                    
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