Linker script question and/or bug

Michael Eager eager@eagercon.com
Mon Dec 25 23:44:00 GMT 2006


Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
>>> OK then, how about adding a variant of the -T switch which explicitly 
>>> delays processing its argument until the point at which the default 
>>> linker script would be processed ?
>>
>> Easy.  How about -W?  There's only a few single letters available.
> 
> Mmm, I amnot keen on single letter switches.  How about:
> 
>    --replacement-default-linker-script=<foo>

Yuck.  The chances of me typing all that without a finger fault
are very small.  :-)

How about --def-script=<foo>?  Similar to --script == -T.
With an abbrev of -dT=<foo>.  (There's -d, -dc, -dp defined.)

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