Bug 33331 - ld: Add --print-gc-sections=file
Summary: ld: Add --print-gc-sections=file
Status: NEW
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Product: binutils
Classification: Unclassified
Component: ld (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
: P2 normal
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Reported: 2025-08-27 05:57 UTC by Fangrui Song
Modified: 2025-08-27 06:03 UTC (History)
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Description Fangrui Song 2025-08-27 05:57:49 UTC 
ld --print-gc-sections dumps "removing unused section ..." messages to stderr (I'd expect stdout instead. Both lld and mold use stdout).

mold and lld are considering --print-gc-sections=file   https://github.com/rui314/mold/pull/1507