> 
> 	1. NetBSD needs real weak references.  This can be accomplished 
> 	   by merging the current gas/ld a.out weak reference support
> 	   into NetBSD, or by merging NetBSD's shared library support
> 	   into gas/ld.  Both strategies have their own advantages
> 	   and disadvantages.  I'll address them in a future message
> 	   because I don't want to cloud the immediate issues.
> 

The framework for implementing weak symbols (in the current a.out format)
is there. The thing is that gas would not handle the assembler code generated
from `#pragma weak foo=_foo' really well. Maybe newer gas versions contain
fixes.

-pk