Rainer Orth <r...@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> writes: > ppluzhni...@google.com (Paul Pluzhnikov) writes: > >> Several Linux distributions (e.g. Fedora) carry local patches that turn >> on --hash-style=gnu for all links. > > Shouldn't configure verify that the linker used actually understands > that option?
No, I don't think so. This is an explicit configure option. People who use explicit configure options should get what they request, whether or not it actually works. Ian
