| Summary: | sys-devel/gcc add DEFAULT_LINKER="gold bfd" use flags | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | C. Wijtmans <cj.wijtmans> |
| Component: | Current packages | Assignee: | Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers <toolchain> |
| Status: | RESOLVED NEEDINFO | ||
| Severity: | enhancement | CC: | jstein, slyfox |
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| See Also: | https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496760 | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
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Description
C. Wijtmans
2018-10-12 13:24:07 UTC
1. There are already a few ways to switch linker:
- 'binutils-config --linker ld.gold' on binutils level.
- CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS=-fuse-ld=gold
2. What is DEFAULT_LINKER="gold bfd"? Something you pass to configure?
In gcc/doc/install.texi only see --with-ld= option. It accepts single linker name, not a list of linkers. And assignd is to DEFAULT_LINKR variable in gcc/configure.ac.
You can pass EXTRA_ECONF=--with-ld=${CTARGET}-ld.gold to get the similar effect.
Why another mechanism is needed?
Enabling gold by default will need extensive testing. But we can think of it if new mechanism is needed at all.
Had 0 issues with gold. It creates smaller binaries and makes compiling faster. It should be a use flag that is enabled by default in profile. |
