- * File Format Specification_, section 5.5.3.
- * Note that weak symbols without aux records are a GNU
- * extension.
- * FIXME: All weak externals are treated as having
- * characteristics IMAGE_WEAK_EXTERN_SEARCH_LIBRARY (2).
- * There are no known uses of the other two types of
- * weak externals.
- */
+ File Format Specification_, section 5.5.3.
+ Note that weak symbols without aux records are a GNU
+ extension.
+ FIXME: All weak externals are treated as having
+ characteristic IMAGE_WEAK_EXTERN_SEARCH_NOLIBRARY (1).
+ These behave as per SVR4 ABI: A library member
+ will resolve a weak external only if a normal
+ external causes the library member to be linked.
+ See also linker.c: generic_link_check_archive_element. */