[patch c++]: Add special code for linker-plugin and libstdc++

[Richard Guenther]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> Kai Tietz <ktietz70@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> I saw this discussion about avoiding rescan (and indeed it is
>> reasonable), but as you already mentioned, it somehow stucked and no
>> real decission was found.
>
> Nobody has commented on that discussion other than H.J. and myself, and
> we have diametrically opposed opinions.  I would prefer if somebody else
> would consider the issue as well.

I think for 4.6 we want to go with extending the pass-through machinery
and not do a full 2-stage link.  That was, after all, the point of using a
linker-plugin.  It would be nice to get the GCC side fixed and eventual
binutils changes put on the 2.21 branch.

Richard.

> Ian
>