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Fixed it! [Re: gcc 2.95.1 makes massive COMMON sections]
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- Subject: Fixed it! [Re: gcc 2.95.1 makes massive COMMON sections]
- From: Greg Law <gel at soi dot city dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 12:00:25 +0100
- Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.help
- Organization: City University
- References: <37C43C89.6AC72748@soi.city.ac.uk>
- Xref: wodc7nx0 gnu.gcc.help:700
Well, didn't fix it exactly, but wrote a linker script to dump COMMON in
bss section.
Greg Law wrote:
>
> I've just upgraded to gcc 2.95.1, and the COMMON sections are huge -
> why? Even when I compile with -fno-common, my common sections are
> huge.
>
> With the previous version I was using (egcs-2.90.29) the COMMON sections
> weren't a problem.
>
> Does anyone know what's going on? I'd rather not have to downgrade.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg.