PING: [PATCH] PR bootstrap/55552: --enable-gold=default doesn't work with in-tree binutils

[H.J. Lu]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 11:33 AM, H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Toplevel configure supports:
>
> # Handle --enable-gold, --enable-ld.
> # --disable-gold [--enable-ld]
> #     Build only ld.  Default option.
> # --enable-gold [--enable-ld]
> #     Build both gold and ld.  Install gold as "ld.gold", install ld
> #     as "ld.bfd" and "ld".
> # --enable-gold=default [--enable-ld]
> #     Build both gold and ld.  Install gold as "ld.gold" and "ld",
> #     install ld as "ld.bfd".
> # --enable-gold[=default] --disable-ld
> #     Build only gold, which is then installed as both "ld.gold" and
> #     "ld".
> # --enable-gold --enable-ld=default
> #     Build both gold (installed as "ld.gold") and ld (installed as "ld"
> #     and ld.bfd).
> #     In other words, ld is default
> # --enable-gold=default --enable-ld=default
> #     Error.
>
> However, gcc directory doesn't handle --enable-gold=default properly.
> This patch fixes --enable-gold=default.  Tested on Linux/x86-64 with
> GCC + binutils using:
>
> --enable-plugins --enable-threads --enable-gold=default
>
> OK to to install?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> H.J.
> ---
> 2012-11-30  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
>
>         PR bootstrap/55552
>         * configure.ac (install_gold_as_default): New.  Set to yes for
>         --disable-ld or --enable-gold=default.
>         (gcc_cv_ld_gold_srcdir): New.
>         (gcc_cv_ld): Also check in-tree gold if install_gold_as_default
>         is yes.
>         * configure: Regenerated.
>
>         * exec-tool.in (dir) [collect-ld && ../gold/ld-new]: Set to gold.
>         (fast_install) [collect-ld && ../gold/ld-new]: Set to yes.
>

This is a very old patch.  The updated one is at

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2013-11/msg02870.html

which also fixes  -fuse-ld=bfd/-fuse-ld=gold with in-build-tree
xgcc.


-- 
H.J.