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Re: [patch] make default linker --hash-style configurable option
- From: Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu dot com>
- To: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov at google dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at sourceware dot org, satorux at google dot com, iant at google dot com
- Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:52:19 +0200
- Subject: Re: [patch] make default linker --hash-style configurable option
- References: <20110404181738.52D661909EB@elbrus2.mtv.corp.google.com>
On 04.04.2011 20:17, Paul Pluzhnikov wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Several Linux distributions (e.g. Fedora) carry local patches that turn
> on --hash-style=gnu for all links.
>
> Attached is a proposed patch (originally by Satoru Takabayashi) that makes
> default hash style a configure option.
>
> Tested by doing native bootstrap and verifying that no --hash-style is
> passed to the linker, and also configuring with --with-linker-hash-style=gnu
> and verifying that --hash-style=gnu is then passed to the linker.
Linux distributions pass more than that by default to the linker, e.g.
--as-needed and --no-copy-dt-needed-entries. Wouldn't it make more sense to add
something like --with-linker-default-options=... ?
Matthias