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Re: PATCH: makes --gc-sections compatible with -r/-q

From: Thiemo Seufer <ths at networkno dot de>
To: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>
Cc: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:00:49 +0000
Subject: Re: PATCH: makes --gc-sections compatible with -r/-q
References: <C075C281-D6DA-4BD6-AE08-4155258B5F86@adacore.com> <20080108142405.GA17550@caradoc.them.org> <3EF228D5-4C0D-49CD-BE49-39C6259800A5@adacore.com>

Tristan Gingold wrote:
>
> On Jan 8, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
>> What does it keep?  In a linked object it's obvious which symbols are
>> externally visible.
>
> For partial link (-r), you should specify the root of symbols kept with the 
> -e option.
> Sorry, I forgot to mention that.

Please add that to the documentation in you patch.


Thiemo

References:
- PATCH: makes --gc-sections compatible with -r/-q
  - From: Tristan Gingold
- Re: PATCH: makes --gc-sections compatible with -r/-q
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz
- Re: PATCH: makes --gc-sections compatible with -r/-q
  - From: Tristan Gingold

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