-frepo vs. Borland model

[Joe Buck]

From: Yotam Medini <yotamm@tmai.com>

> > I also prefer the Borland method, provided the linker can support it.
> > That is to ignore multplied defined methods.
> > Is such linker is in egcs's scope?

> Just for you, voila, presto, it has been added, please get and use GNU
> ld, with ELF.  :-)

For anyone confused by Mike's witty reply: any linker that can handle
weak symbols will do, and older versions of GNU ld, as well as vendor
linkers on SVR4-style systems, will work fine.  This is not "in egcs's
scope" since the work was performed well before egcs began.