Any plans to integrate just binutils‑gdb into GCC?

Arsen Arsenović aarsenovic@baylibre.com
Thu Jul 23 10:16:48 GMT 2026


unlvsur unlvsur via Gcc-help <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

> LLVM/Clang generates LLVM IR, not necessarily object files. Also thin
> lto works very well for clang and llvm while for GCC to use lto, the
> compilation is extremely slow to the point of useless.

No it isn't.  GCC LTO is applied widely.  My entire system is built with
GCC + -flto.

> BTW, supporting --sysroot --target does not mean $target-gcc couldn't exist any more for those legacy systems. It is just for new system, we should move to just gcc --target --sysroot, not $cross-gcc

Patches welcome.
-- 
Arsen Arsenović
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