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Re: information about ld invocation and defaults ?
- From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- To: Dave Nadler <Dave dot Nadler at nadler dot com>
- Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:49:10 +0000
- Subject: Re: information about ld invocation and defaults ?
- References: <6.0.1.1.2.20081123101314.01debae8@pop.nadler.com>
Dave Nadler wrote:
> Hi All - I'm a newbie with GCC and having a bit of a flail with
> rebuilding and understanding GCC interaction with LD and "configured
> default path" in the tools.
>
> I'd like to see the exact parameters with which ld is invoked by GCC. I
> added -wl,-t to the GCC line, and while this provides a lot of helpful
> information, some info seems missing, in particular:
> - exactly what is passed into ld as it is invoked ?
gcc -v ...
> - ld cannot find "crt0.o"; OK tell me where did it look ?
strace -f -etrace=file ld ...
> - ld cannot find "crt0.o"; OK tell me where it was given the requirement
> to load it ?
crt0 is the C RunTime startup. No crt, no C.
> - what is the definition of "sysroot prefix" for this build of ld ?
I'm not sure that this question makes any sense. The sysroot is
usually used after binutils are built and installed, when gcc
is built.
I take it you're trying to cross-compile. Have you installed
a C library for your target?
Andrew.