Jon Grant <j...@jguk.org> writes: > On 2 February 2010 22:47, Ian Lance Taylor <i...@google.com> wrote: >> Jon <j...@jguk.org> writes: >> >>> Is there a way to get collect2 to save the temporary .c file it >>> generates to have a look at it? I believe it may be the __main() >>> function, with the -debug option it gives the attached >>> gplusplus_collect2_log.txt, looking at the [/tmp/ccyBAI9V.c] file >>> though it is empty, any ideas? >> >> Using -debug will direct collect2 to save the temporary .c file when >> it creates one. However, in ordinary use on GNU/Linux, collect2 will >> never generate a temporary .c file. > > Hello Ian, > > Another reply for this old thread. I wondered, if collect2 is > possibly not needed in normal use on GNU/Linux, could GCC be > configured to call ld directly in those cases to save launching > another binary.
collect2 is needed if you use -frepo or -flto. Ian
