Dave Korn wrote: > Charles Wilson wrote: >> Dave Korn wrote: >>> Charles Wilson wrote: >>>> Roberto Bagnara wrote: >>>> >>>>> concerning the need to link with "LDFLAGS=-Wl,--enable-auto-import", >>>>> I am wondering if there is something we could do upstream to simplify >>>>> the life of Cygwin users. If so, please let me know. >>>> In gcc-4.x --enable-auto-import is the default. >>> No, right now it's the default setting in binutils CVS, but I haven't >>> added >>> it to the gcc specs. (Guess I should for the benefit of those with older >>> linkers). >> You're right; I was confused. I was thinking of the binutils change. >> However, I wonder about the gcc thing. If the specs file includes >> -Wl,--enable-auto-import, and I pass -Wl,--disable-auto-import on the >> command line, who wins? > > > I just don't know. I suspect it may even depend; e.g. DRIVER_SELF_SPECS > gets applied early, LINK_SPEC later, but I haven't experimented. (On the > actual ld command-line itself, later options always override earlier ones.)
In that case, maybe it's better to just leave the default behavior up to binutils and not try to over-specify using the specs file approach. -- Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
