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Re: gcc corrections for better pie support


On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Zack Weinberg wrote:

> "Peter S. Mazinger" <ps.m@gmx.net> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> >
> >> "Peter S. Mazinger" <ps.m@gmx.net> writes:
> >> 
> >> > On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> >> 
> >> I said "submit each logically distinct change separately".  That means
> >> sending each patch in a separate email.  Furthermore, you broke up the
> >> patch along structural lines, not logical lines.  This is less
> >> convenient to review.  You listed six problems with the existing code;
> >> ideally you would send six independent patches, each of which
> >> completely solves exactly one of those problems.
> >
> > I have one question that influences the results, before I reorganize my 
> > patches, which archs should support the profile flag?
> >
> > Currently some archs have in their STARTFILE section
> > %{pg|p:...}
> > others
> > %{pg|p|profile:...}
> 
> The intended behavior is for -profile to link against the profiled
> version of the C library (usually -lc_p) and -pg not; the two options
> are otherwise identical.  -profile is a completely system-generic
> feature that should be universally supported.  It would be nice if you
> made that change (IMO it qualifies as a bug fix), but please do so
> separately from your other changes.

Is than -p only a short-cut for -profile?

Peter

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