http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47558 --- Comment #55 from Jack Howarth <howarth at nitro dot med.uc.edu> 2011-02-04 12:31:28 UTC --- Moved conversation upstream for definitive answer from the Apple linker developer... http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev//2011/Feb/msg00000.html