diff -r 000000000000 -r 83f4b4db085c toolsandutils/e32tools/elftools/deputil.pm
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+++ b/toolsandutils/e32tools/elftools/deputil.pm	Tue Feb 02 01:39:43 2010 +0200
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+# Copyright (c) 1997-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+# All rights reserved.
+# This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+# under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+# at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+#
+# Initial Contributors:
+# Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+#
+# Contributors:
+#
+# Description:
+#
+
+package DepUtil;
+
+require Exporter;
+@ISA=qw(Exporter);
+
+@EXPORT=qw(
+	GenDependencies
+);
+use strict;
+my ($interworking, $outfile, $genpath, $libpath, $librariesRef, $gVerbose);
+sub GenDependencies {
+	($interworking, $outfile, $genpath, $libpath, $librariesRef, $gVerbose) = @_;
+	my @dsoList;
+	foreach my $alib (@$librariesRef) {
+#	.lib files are archive file. Get the corresponding dso file which is in ELF.
+		if($alib =~ /(.*)\.lib$/) {
+			my $dso = "$1.dso";
+			if(-e $dso){
+				push @dsoList, $dso;
+				}
+		}
+		elsif($alib =~ /.*\.dso$/) {
+			if(-e $alib){
+				push @dsoList, $alib;
+				}
+		}
+	}
+	my @linkAsList=();
+	foreach my $dso (@dsoList) {
+#	Get the linkas names of the libraries
+		open PIPE, "getexports -s $dso |";
+		while(<PIPE>) {
+			if($_ =~ /(\S+)/){
+			push @linkAsList, $1;
+			}
+	 	}
+		close PIPE;
+	}
+	GenLinkerSteeringFileForDeps(\@linkAsList) if($outfile);
+}
+
+sub GenLinkerSteeringFileForDeps {
+#	Generate the linker steering file to indicate in the final ELF file 
+#	about the static dependencies. This list gives the list and order of
+#	library names in which name lookup shall happen. Whether they were
+#	actually linked-in in the final ELF shall be determined by the import
+#	table. The import table fails to maintain the linking order and is
+#	achieved through these linker directives.
+
+	my ($LinkAsNamesRef) = @_;
+	my $depfile = "$genpath\\$outfile.dep";
+	open OUTFILE, ">$depfile" or
+		die "Can't create file $depfile\n";
+	print OUTFILE "; This is a generated file for Static Dependency listing";
+	print OUTFILE "; causing the linker to create DT_NEEDED tag(s) in the dynamic array\n\n";
+
+	foreach my $name (@$LinkAsNamesRef) {
+		print OUTFILE "\n\tREQUIRE \"$name\"";
+	}
+	print OUTFILE "\n";
+	close OUTFILE;
+}
+
+1;