ld --help reports the following (some omitted for space sakes): elf_i386: -Bgroup Selects group name lookup rules for DSO --disable-new-dtags Disable new dynamic tags --enable-new-dtags Enable new dynamic tags --eh-frame-hdr Create .eh_frame_hdr section -z combreloc Merge dynamic relocs into one section and sort -z defs Report unresolved symbols in object files. -z execstack Mark executable as requiring executable stack -z initfirst Mark DSO to be initialized first at runtime -z interpose Mark object to interpose all DSOs but executable -z loadfltr Mark object requiring immediate process -z muldefs Allow multiple definitions -z nocombreloc Don't merge dynamic relocs into one section -z nocopyreloc Don't create copy relocs -z nodefaultlib Mark object not to use default search paths -z nodelete Mark DSO non-deletable at runtime -z nodlopen Mark DSO not available to dlopen -z nodump Mark DSO not available to dldump -z noexecstack Mark executable as not requiring executable stack -z now Mark object non-lazy runtime binding -z origin Mark object requiring immediate $ORIGIN processing at runtime -z KEYWORD Ignored for Solaris compatibility elf_i386_glibc21: -Bgroup Selects group name lookup rules for DSO --disable-new-dtags Disable new dynamic tags --enable-new-dtags Enable new dynamic tags --eh-frame-hdr Create .eh_frame_hdr section -z combreloc Merge dynamic relocs into one section and sort -z defs Report unresolved symbols in object files. -z execstack Mark executable as requiring executable stack -z initfirst Mark DSO to be initialized first at runtime -z interpose Mark object to interpose all DSOs but executable -z loadfltr Mark object requiring immediate process -z muldefs Allow multiple definitions -z nocombreloc Don't merge dynamic relocs into one section -z nocopyreloc Don't create copy relocs -z nodefaultlib Mark object not to use default search paths -z nodelete Mark DSO non-deletable at runtime -z nodlopen Mark DSO not available to dlopen -z nodump Mark DSO not available to dldump -z noexecstack Mark executable as not requiring executable stack -z now Mark object non-lazy runtime binding -z origin Mark object requiring immediate $ORIGIN processing at runtime -z KEYWORD Ignored for Solaris compatibility Surely those cannot all do the same thing??? I am using binutils version 2.14.90.0.6-r6. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run ld --help 2. 3. Actual Results: See Details Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.6.0-test6-mm4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.0-test6-mm4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10p1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ mad mikmod mpeg ncurses pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex svga java sdl pam libwww ssl esd imlib oggvorbis qt kde motif opengl mozilla X gtk gtk2 sse 3dnow samba alsa tiff -tcpd -gpm -doc -nls -gnome -python -perl"
The option is '-z combreloc' or '-z execstack', not '-z'.
