RFA/RFC: Enable both gold and ld in a single toolchain

[H.J. Lu]

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello H.J.,
>
> a very minor nit:
>
> * H.J. Lu wrote on Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 07:45:11PM CEST:
>> --- a/configure
>> +++ b/configure
>> @@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ Optional Features:
>
>> -  --enable-gold           use gold instead of ld
>> +  --enable-gold[=ARG]     build gold [ARG={both}[[/{gold,ld}]]]
>
>> --- a/configure.ac
>> +++ b/configure.ac
>
>>  AC_ARG_ENABLE(gold,
>> -[  --enable-gold           use gold instead of ld],
>> +[  --enable-gold[[=ARG]]     build gold [[ARG={both}[[/{gold,ld}]]]]],
>
> For a consistent quoting style that expands to the desired number of
> brackets, use either outer double quoting
>
> +[[  --enable-gold[=ARG]     build gold [ARG={both}[/{gold,ld}]]]],
>
> (note: within double-quoted text no macros will be expanded),
> or use quadrigraphs @<:@ and @:>@ which will always expand to one
> literal bracket.
>
>> --- a/gold/configure.ac
>> +++ b/gold/configure.ac
>> @@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT, "$sysroot",
>
>> +AC_ARG_ENABLE(gold,
>> +[  --enable-gold[[=ARG]]     build gold [[ARG={both}[[/{gold,ld}]]]]],
>
> Likewise here.
>

I will fix it.

There are more problems:

1. ld.bfd is installed even when gold is disabled.
2. The old ld isn't removed before installing the new one.


-- 
H.J.