>> I'm not sure if with your patch the add_input_library or >> add_input_file plugin hooks are completely useless (and thus >> gold could simply ignore those at all). > > The plugin does need to use the add_input_file callback. In any case > I'm not sure it's a great idea for gold to ignore a hook, there might be > some need for it in the future.
With this patch, the plugin won't need add_input_library, which was added to support the pass-through option. It still needs add_input_file, which is how the plugin inserts the newly-compiled objects. -cary
