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Re: PATCH: Add --with-plugin-ld
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:05 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Rafael Espindola <espindola@google.com> wrote:
>>> 1. Gold doesn't support ia64.
>>
>> Are you trying to use the linker plugin on ia64? That is not going to
>> work until gold itself does.
>
> I don't plan to use plugin on ia64.
>
>>> 2. Gold doesn't support STT_GNU_IFUNC.
>>> 3. Gold has problems with some packages.
>>
>> True. With you patch the same compiler would be able to work with all
>> packages that GNU ld can link and would be able to use the linker
>> plugin on packages that gold works with.
>>
>
> Exactly.
I like the patch - it's certainly cleaner than the hack I use
locally. The collec2 changes are ok, but the configure bits should
be reviewed by somebody else.
Thanks,
Richard.
> Thanks.
>
>
> --
> H.J.
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