[PATCH v3 17/18] PR ld/24600: BFD: Add general linker support for fake archives

[Jan Beulich]

On 13.01.2026 02:43, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2025, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Overall I feel like the underlying idea of "file collections" (plus why /
>> where / when it's useful) isn't explained sufficiently in the description.
>> Maybe that would become more clear by reading the next patch, but I think
>> the patch here would best be self-contained.
> 
>  I'm not sure what else can be added here.  The change heading already 
> mentions that this is for the linker (I've now added "linker" for clarity 
> in a reference to symbol resolution in the first sentence as well) and the 
> description overall says that a collection of files supplied via a call to 
> `bfd_openr_fake_archive' will be treated by the BFD linker as if they were 
> archive members.
> 
>  It then goes on to explain some implementation details.
> 
>  If you find anything particularly unclear, then please point me there.

I can only repeat that I'm missing any information on when / where this is
actually useful (and why using an archive in the same situation would be
undesirable / impossible). Without such information, I fear I'm not feeling
in the position to approve respective changes. (Which of course doesn't
mean I would NAK them; another maintainer might still do the review and
give their okay.)

Jan