Index: toolchain-funcs.eclass
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -B -r1.46 toolchain-funcs.eclass
--- toolchain-funcs.eclass	6 Oct 2005 21:30:23 -0000	1.46
+++ toolchain-funcs.eclass	7 Oct 2005 17:25:48 -0000
@@ -221,3 +221,14 @@
 	return $([[ ${directive/\{!fno-stack-protector-all:} != ${directive} ]])
 }
 
+# Returns ture if the linker is GNU ld
+ld-is-gnu() {
+	case $($(tc-getLD) -v 2>&1 </dev/null) in
+	*GNU* | *'with BFD'*)
+		return 0
+		;;
+	*)
+		return 1
+		;;
+	esac
+}