http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50237
--- Comment #26 from ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld.DE <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld.DE> 2011-11-23 16:53:16 UTC --- > Checking linker version is inaccurate since this feature requires > support in assembler, linker as well as libc. We can disable it by' > default when 2 linkers are used. Then why not check those separately and combine the result. It's certainly more reliable than the current guesswork. Rainer