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Re: Add gcc-ar, gcc-nm, gcc-ranlib
- From: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at gmail dot com>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Cc: Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>, Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu dot org>, Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf dot Wildenhues at gmx dot de>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Andi Kleen <ak at linux dot intel dot com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:26:44 +0000
- Subject: Re: Add gcc-ar, gcc-nm, gcc-ranlib
- References: <AANLkTincB7MxS4dFkbcPAVTWHJJmBXwJ-hwd3kJhK6Xp@mail.gmail.com>
On 02/12/2010 22:35, H.J. Lu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is the new implementation of gcc-ar, gcc-nm, gcc-ranlib.
> It doesn't require any new gcc option. OK for trunk?
The documentation isn't very detailed:
> +In some cases, you may need to use the @command{gcc-ar},
> +@command{gcc-nm} and @command{gcc-ranlib} commands to manage LTO
> +object files.
Can it not say at least a little something about in what cases you may need
to use them, and what the difference is between them and the regular binutils?
cheers,
DaveK