Include archive member section with ld script (+ somewhat RFC)

[Vincent Rubiolo]

Hi,

Could sb give a clear explanation on how to include a given section of an archive member in an ld 
script (if there is such a possibility). Is it me or is the documentation more than obscure on that 
point?

Follows what I understood from ld manual:

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Include .text section of foo.o file (must be passed as foo.o on the command line)
foo.o (.text)

Include archive member foo.o of archive archfoo.a (all sections of the file foo.o, must be archfoo.a 
as argument)
archfoo.a (foo.o)
********************************************************************************


My question is:
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How to include a specific section of an archive member in my ld script?
I would like to do :
archfoo.a(foo.o) (.text) but such a syntax is not accepted by ld


Somewhat RFC:
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Since ld only looks for files that are passed as arguments, wouldn't it be easier to put
	foo.o (.text)
instead of
	complete_path_of_foo/foo.o (.text)
in our script?
The problem would only arise if two files with the same name but with different paths have to be 
included but this is a strange way of doing things, IMO.



Thanks for your answer,

Vincent