> On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 05:03:42PM +0100, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> > Don't forget that NetBSD/arm32 is using a.out, so it's possible that any 
> > static constructors in the code aren't getting run.  I'm not sure of the 
> > details of how NetBSD links/loads shared libs for a.out, but there is 
> > certainly no special section for handling this as there is in ELF.  
> > Another reason why we should consider migrating to ELF sometime?
> 
> Thanks. Is there a lighter weight workaround? I remember there was a discussion
> about this somewhere, but can't find the relevant messagee(s).
> 
> Regards,
> 	-is


Take a look at the way the build system builds libstdc++.so; that contains 
a .init symbol.

R.