>      If neither RTLD_GLOBAL nor RTLD_LOCAL are specified, then an       
>      implementation-specified default behaviour will be applied.        
> 
> I propose that we change the default back to RTLD_GLOBAL to keep both source
> and binary compatibility, and have RTLD_LOCAL be the bit option that changes
> the default.  This will also have the fortunate effect of not having to
> recompile binaries compiled with the existing crt0.o.
> 

Okay.

-pk