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Re: sgicc, __GNUC__, and -rdynamic

To: Jack Carter <jcarter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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@johmar.engr.sgi.com>; from jcarter@johmar.engr.sgi.com on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:21:29AM -0700
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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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