releng: rough-in support for linking with GOLD

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9deb35315a4c30e1a245b5772d99c65644d018c0..1536963f2529c4c0526d3c655083901ffc04cb2f 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5680,6 +5680,9 @@ fi
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
 fi
 
+
+
+
 # Compiling without fPIE by default (see PR 9922)
 # Check whether --enable-pie was given.
 if test "${enable_pie+set}" = set; then :
@@ -7365,6 +7368,7 @@ fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: stap will link $stap_LIBS" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: stap will link $stap_LIBS" >&6;}
 
+
 date=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eb4593a5a44cd1803ccc14b6533c5e48e4fdf9db..4b88cfd0933a41124d3e2ab0a1d1091c38c9cd81 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -65,6 +65,20 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_ssp" != xno],[
        CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
        CXXFLAGS="$save_CXXFLAGS"])])
 
+
+dnl Link with gold if possible
+dnl but: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636603
+dnl
+dnl AC_PATH_PROG(GOLD, [ld.gold], [no])
+dnl if test "x$GOLD" != "xno"
+dnl then
+dnl   mkdir -p Bdir
+dnl   ln -sf $GOLD Bdir/ld
+dnl   LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -B`pwd`/Bdir/"
+dnl   AC_MSG_NOTICE([using ld.gold to link])
+dnl fi
+
+
 # Compiling without fPIE by default (see PR 9922)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([pie],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-pie], [enable position-independent-executable])])
@@ -437,6 +451,7 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(stap_LIBS)
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([stap will link $stap_LIBS])
 
+
 dnl Plop in the build (configure) date
 date=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DATE, "$date", [Configuration/build date])