| To: | Jack Carter <jcarter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: sgicc, __GNUC__, and -rdynamic |
| From: | Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:29:44 +0200 |
| Cc: | "Chan, Sun C" <sun.c.chan@xxxxxxxxx>, "'mpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx '" <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, suneel_jain@xxxxxx, pro64-support@xxxxxxxxxxx, arnold@xxxxxxxxxx, beebe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <10104261121.ZM90589@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from jcarter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:21:29AM -0700 |
| References: | <9287DC1579B0D411AA2F009027F44C3F042DFA49@FMSMSX41> <sun.c.chan@xxxxxxxxx> <10104261121.ZM90589@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Sender: | owner-pro64-support@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:21:29AM -0700, Jack Carter wrote: > Collect2 is not the linker and does not use linker > code. It is a prelinker and resides in the gcc source > tree, not the bfd or ld trees. > > This is a mistake based on the difficulty of using bfd > in my humble opinion. collect2 is also used for non GNU linkers, which gcc uses/supports on some platforms. It also used to do the C++ template generation, which probably does not belong in the linker. -Andi |
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