--gc-sections and C library linkage issues (?)

[Ulrich Drepper]

Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au> writes:

> You should be able to do this with a reference to the section symbol
> from any section that you know will escape garbage collection.

No, this is not how it's supposed to work.  Different .o files
constribute to special sections but only if the functions in those .o
files are used.

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