another --gc-sections question

[Alan Modra]

On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:39:46AM -0800, Adam Megacz wrote:
> 
> Does section-gc happen before or after the merging of duplicate
> sections (like .ctor)?

Before.

> In other words, if I have two sections named foo, and one contains a
> symbol which is referenced in main(), will both sections wind up in
> the final binary (merged together), or will only one of them?

Just one, assuming the second section is not referenced.

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Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre