[PATCH, COMMITTED] ld: Move "-O 0" option to binutils 2.47 section

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Thu Apr 16 07:06:47 GMT 2026


On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>
> On 16.04.2026 03:46, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > --- a/ld/NEWS
> > +++ b/ld/NEWS
> > @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
> >  -*- text -*-
> >
> > +Changes in 2.47:
> > +
> >  * Add a linker optimization level of zero.  Using "-O 0" on the linker command
> >    line will stop it from combining the contents of mergeable sections.  This
> >    can significantly speed up the link process at the cost of producing larger
> >    binaries.
> >
> > -Changes in 2.47:
> > -
> >  * Add linker support for --start-lib/--end-lib options and LIB linker script
> >    statement for treating a list of object files as members of an artificial
> >    archive.
>
> Wasn't that "Changes in 2.47:" put there prematurely anyway? Doesn't this normally
> get added while cutting a release?
>
> Jan

If they aren't taken out before 2.47 release, they are in 2.47 release.


-- 
H.J.


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