Why my 'ar.exe' and 'ld.exe' does not work with the inline parameter '@objectslistfile'

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Pascal,

>  > Correct.  The GNU binutilities do not support the
>  > "@<file-containing-list-of-filename>" syntax.  They never have.
>
> But ld at least supports response files with format such as:
>
>    INPUT (obj1.o obj2.o ...)

True - although this cannot be used on the command line.

>>  ar.exe -r archive `cat objectfilelist`
>
> This can be a problem if there is too many files in objectfilelist
> as the command line length is limited.

Yes - several people have pointed this out.

So if anybody wants to submit a patch to support "@<filename>" in
binutils I am willing to review it.

Cheers
        Nick