[patch] make default linker --hash-style configurable option

[Richard Guenther]

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Joseph S. Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 9 May 2011, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>
>>> Uhm, so we deadlocked, I thought the other way.  I cannot really
>>> express any opinion about the desirability of the feature, but the
>>> configure syntax is certainly okay with me, and I gather from the
>>> thread that you are fine with that as well.
>>
>> Given the build system changes, the gcc.c changes are OK.
>
> Ok for trunk then?
>
> I'll wait till tomorrow in case someone has additional comments on the
> desirability part.

I wonder why this is a GCC specific patch and not a linker patch.  Why
not change the linker(s) to accept such configure option that changes its
default behavior?

Otherwise if people link with ld they suddenly get different hash-style.
That looks wrong to me.

Richard.

> Thanks!
> --
> Paul Pluzhnikov
>