http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53282
--- Comment #16 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-05-10 09:45:47 UTC --- (In reply to comment #15) > I'm indeed using a "ld" that is not the one of the system. > > googling around I found this: > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gcc.help/41304 > titled" g++: error: -fuse-linker-plugin is not supported in this > configuration" > at some point it hints to the fact the gcc configure seems to ignore the ld in > the path > and uses the system one, detects no plugin etc. > > > I configured gcc with --with-ld=/usr/local/bin/ld and it does not help > LD=/usr/local/bin/ld neither. > > I'm sure that plugin is supported by this version of ld. > I wil try more, any suggestion is appreciated. > > > in the mean time we can change the bug report saying that it happens if the > linker-plugin is not used… I think you need to use --with-plugin-ld. Looking at how the "default" linker is determined it seems you would need to set DEFAULT_LINKER, at least I cannot see how --with-ld would end up in $gcc_cv_ld (configure would need to print your supplied ld when looking for ld and for the ld to use for the target).
