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[Mingw-users] [binutils] linker question

Jonathan Brandmeyer jbrandmeyer@earthlink.net
Wed Jan 8 15:29:00 GMT 2003 
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From: "Danny Smith"
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Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:17 AM
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Brandmeyer" <...>
> To: <mingw-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Monday, 6 January 2003 17:20
> Subject: [Mingw-users] linker question
>
>
> > The GCC manual says that using -ffunction-sections and -fdata-sections
> can
> > be useful for some targets whose linker can take advantage of it.  Can
> the
> > current MinGW ld make use of it or not?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jonathan Brandmeyer
> >
>
> The above was posted to mingw users list.  My understanding is
> that --gc-sections is not supported for pe-coff targets, but only for
> elf targets.  Is that correct?

That is what I've seen in all of the relevant manuals.  I guess what I'm
really asking is: What kind of binary target is a WinTel system?

> I also read in gcc info files:
> "Only use these options when there are significant benefits from doing
> so. When you specify these options, the assembler and linker will create
> larger object and executable files and will also be slower."

Which is exactly why I ask.

> Also, by default, libstdc++-v3 is built with these options. If there are
> no significant benefits. this needs to be changed for mingw32 and
> cygwin.
>
> Danny
>

Thanks,
Jonathan
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