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Re: --gc-section on elf/ia64
- From: Jim Wilson <wilson at specifix dot com>
- To: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:11:56 -0700
- Subject: Re: --gc-section on elf/ia64
- References: <B11B350B-1C3F-4B34-BB17-29EF10162394@adacore.com>
On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 12:58 +0200, Tristan Gingold wrote:
> is there any reason why ia64-linux doesn't support --gc-section ?
I don't recall a technical reason. I think it is just some historical
reasons. ia64-linux development was done on a private branch at the
same time that the --gc-section support went into the public tree, so
the combination was probably never tested. There is a general lack of
people with time and interest in doing ia64 work, so lots of stuff never
got done. You could just try enabling the support and see what happens.
If you file a bug report, HJ will probably look at it.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.specifix.com