RFC: Add STB_GNU_SECONDARY

[H.J. Lu]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:47 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> wrote:
>>> We only have very few bits to in STB_XXX field.
>>
>> This is exactly why I'm not in favor of this extension. The feature
>> doesn't seem compelling enough to use up one of these precious
>> reserved values (in fact, you're using the next-to-last one that's
>> reserved for OS use).
>>
>> You want a backup definition? Put a weak def at the end of the link line.
>>
>
> It doesn't work for us since the backup definition is
> always used even if there is a normal definition in
> a shared library or an archive.
>
>

In our usage, the backup definition may not be at the end of
link command line.


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H.J.