How to recursively search libs using gcc

[Name lastlong]

Hi,

We have an option "--start-group <archive or obj files> --end-group"
to LD that searches the libs recursively.

What do I need to do (if I want to use gcc for linking and not LD) for searching libs recursively using gcc?

I know following workaround;
#gcc -Wl,--start-group <obj or archive files> -Wl,--end-group

Is there any other way?
Does gcc, by default, searches libs recursively?

Thanks for help.

-Brew