ld includes entire archive (.a) when compiling .elf file
Daniel Jacobowitz
drow@false.org
Fri Mar 10 23:43:00 GMT 2006
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 06:08:53PM -0500, Josh Keller wrote:
> How will specifying the start of execution with (-e) remove the uncalled
> functions and unused variables? Does the ld linker even have the
> capability to automatically remove uncalled functions without having to
> specify each used section? I'm sorry if I sound really confused, I'm
> pretty new to this. Thanks for your patience.
No, you need that to prevent the linker from removing everything.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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