Thanks Graeme. To know what is sent to the linker, there is the -s parameter.
# fpc -XX -s test.pas This will compile the object and create a script file for the linker. Here the script with -XX parameter: /usr/bin/ld -b elf32-i386-freebsd -m elf_i386_fbsd *--gc-sections* -s -L. -0 ./test ./link.res If seems to me then that *--gc-sections* has to do with smart-link too. >From site https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Options.html: --gc-sections --no-gc-sections Enable garbage collection of unused input sections. It is ignored on targets that do not support this option. The default behaviour (of not performing this garbage collection) can be restored by specifying `--no-gc-sections' on the command line. Note that garbage collection for COFF and PE format targets is supported, but the implementation is currently considered to be experimental. `--gc-sections' decides which input sections are used by examining symbols and relocations. The section containing the entry symbol and all sections containing symbols undefined on the command-line will be kept, as will sections containing symbols referenced by dynamic objects. Note that when building shared libraries, the linker must assume that any visible symbol is referenced. Once this initial set of sections has been determined, the linker recursively marks as used any section referenced by their relocations. See `--entry' and `--undefined'. This option can be set when doing a partial link (enabled with option `-r'). In this case the root of symbols kept must be explicitly specified either by an `--entry' or `--undefined' option or by a ENTRY command in the linker script. ___________________ There, in FreeBSD forum, they do not agree. https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/57931/page-3 Fre;D ----- Many thanks ;-) -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-general.1045716.n5.nabble.com/Smart-link-in-FreeBSD-multi-arch-tp5726375p5726567.html Sent from the Free Pascal - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
