Is there a downside to using -Bsymbolic-functions?

Question

I recently discovered the linker option \"-Bsymbolic-functions\" in GNU ld:

-Bsymbolic
  When creating a shared library, bind references to global symbols to         


        

Answer 1

There are cases with side effects. A documented one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfe/+bug/644645 I would also like to figure out more about it, because I have such a case right now.