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Re: [PATCH] Support -fuse-ld=bfd and -fuse-ld=gold

From: Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu dot com>
To: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus at trippelsdorf dot de>
Cc: Richard Biener <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu dot org>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:52:31 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support -fuse-ld=bfd and -fuse-ld=gold
References: <20121129041841.GA14005@gmail.com> <CAFiYyc3_iY7-GYxyWqf4cSfyM4UV6vbFuUgqmq_mCbbkrH-3hg@mail.gmail.com> <20121129091040.GA219@x4>

Am 29.11.2012 10:10, schrieb Markus Trippelsdorf:
> Additionally, what is the rationale for this patch? IOW why isn't the following
> enough?
> 
> x4 ~ # ln -f /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/git/ld.gold  /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/git/ld
> x4 ~ # ld -v
> GNU gold (GNU Binutils 2.23.51.20121126) 1.11
> x4 ~ # ln -f /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/git/ld.bfd  /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/git/ld
> x4 ~ # ld -v
> GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.51.20121126

because you have to find out about these hard-coded path for every single
installation of binutils.

References:
- [PATCH] Support -fuse-ld=bfd and -fuse-ld=gold
  - From: H.J. Lu
- Re: [PATCH] Support -fuse-ld=bfd and -fuse-ld=gold
  - From: Richard Biener
- Re: [PATCH] Support -fuse-ld=bfd and -fuse-ld=gold
  - From: Markus Trippelsdorf

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