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Re: Doc is misleading
David Daney wrote:
Matthew Woehlke wrote:
To whoever maintains the doc: we really should add something like
"Note that the order of objects, including libraries specified by -l,
DOES matter on some platforms.", perhaps with an even longer
explanation as well such as what was in my previous post.
Perhaps reading this would be helpful:
http://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.17/ld/Options.html
I think it explains how it works.
I don't care if it gives a 500 page dissertation on the meaning of life.
:-) 'info gcc' says this:
<quote>
You can mix options and other arguments. For the most part, the order
you use doesn't matter. Order does matter when you use several options
of the same kind; for example, if you specify `-L' more than once, the
directories are searched in the order specified.
</quote>
...which IMO is misleading and should be fixed. While it might be nice
if we did, I don't think it is critical that we explain things here in
depth, as long as we /avoid/ giving the impression that no explanation
is needed, and that things work a particular way /which is wrong/. Two
or three sentences would be a great convenience, but even just /one/
could save a lot of headaches.
--
Matthew
"Ah, yes. Control the media and you control the world."
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