[Bug driver/37786] Documentation for `-symbolic' needs fixing

[martinrb at google dot com]

------- Comment #5 from martinrb at google dot com  2008-10-09 23:10 -------
(In reply to comment #4)
> If you want to use a specific linker option, use -Wl,XYZ or -Xlinker XYZ . 
> Since those are the documented way to pass a linker option via gcc.

I know about -Wl, and -Xlinker.

I am trying to reduce confusion,
for myself in part, but mostly for others.

The flag `-Bsymbolic' works (or at least is accepted)
despite the fact that it is not documented that such a
flag is passed to the linker.  This appears to be an
undocumented use of `-B'.  And on the other hand,
the documented flag `-symbolic', which appears to
have the same meaning, is rejected.

Does this not seem disturbingly confusing?


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37786