HP/Compaq Tru64 linker semantics

[Jim Wilson]

Karl Vogel wrote:
> I was wondering what the general opinion is.. follow GNU ld as close as
> possible? Or follow the standard way of the platform?!

I would suggest that we should follow what the platform does.  People 
porting to Tru64 will expect gcc to work the same way as the native 
compiler, and if it doesn't, then packages with builtin Tru64 
assumptions may fail.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com