From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from zmcc-2-mx.zmailcloud.com (zmcc-2-mx.zmailcloud.com [52.37.197.7]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C08E43857809 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:53:13 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org C08E43857809 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=symas.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=hyc@symas.com Received: from zmcc-2.zmailcloud.com (zmcc-2-mta-1.zmailcloud.com [146.148.52.56]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by zmcc-2-mx.zmailcloud.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31ABB40603; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:53:13 -0600 (CST) Received: from zmcc-2.zmailcloud.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zmcc-2-mta-1.zmailcloud.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B09E9D0673; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:53:12 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zmcc-2-mta-1.zmailcloud.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94738D066B; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:53:12 -0600 (CST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 zmcc-2-mta-1.zmailcloud.com 94738D066B DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=symas.com; s=37C7994C-28CA-11EA-A30F-68F90BB9D764; t=1608065592; bh=yGBXG3Zqu0DQGSdSp3t/Y6l3zUwS8UzPhwJOfeB03ZU=; h=To:From:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version; b=vN94ltHJRUKSjpA9UCV8aJ0Uw9zhMmbEpK7UJWM9HaZiALFV/xPXBs4HwBWdK/Xi9 Z86WmLmnSeYaNbvmwKWu+15SjlEAhDPJd8sn9eEdwPi+QWRUg/ncbgx7i/iG+8jB21 CA2+PQbE6PEVBWsor1EKTkuqwS4CCpuolXAdG/YO9KsjdKX8JKwAUG7OPc4LwlrdUA Sq+pOh6T1PF079fvLIqfSnkhQvst9jevjKPpB6GTy8OwhK6gfNcR47IQyrPirOYSPF I268rioNxy3fHIGaKWGPPTGQdStTbAda8Xz+3az6jxZM7YIRKYb9IcdIwl9yfPv0ML 739pWymo+xXlQ== Received: from zmcc-2.zmailcloud.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zmcc-2-mta-1.zmailcloud.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id EGf5Lh7S44Ug; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:53:12 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.1.155] (unknown [84.203.30.25]) by zmcc-2-mta-1.zmailcloud.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B7696D0657; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:53:11 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] dependency list for static libraries To: Cary Coutant , Nick Clifton Cc: Binutils References: <53b8973b-40a4-2550-3307-66d7f13707d5@symas.com> <64fe82bd-9c00-b232-98d2-f46182fb16ba@symas.com> <9889c54b-4dd3-2275-6621-c2391cfd268d@redhat.com> <31f9062e-175d-06e9-695a-797c7ee11420@symas.com> <58620dc1-3bb9-aaae-b476-ebb613ecb627@redhat.com> <1aaf4429-074c-7912-e6e6-4d2f82d6ef10@redhat.com> <7b118db2-9502-c45e-9f47-6b6f6a5f9646@symas.com> <7dba4046-3d50-c7e6-915d-08bf590bf057@redhat.com> From: Howard Chu Message-ID: <124980b0-d04e-cf52-ce17-6fe5184499d0@symas.com> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:53:10 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, URIBL_RED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:53:15 -0000 Cary Coutant wrote: >>> One big question >>> I still have is how to get this plugin to be used by default? >> >> I do not think that there is a way to guarantee this. After all >> plugins, by design, are intended to be optional. >> >> Obviously if a build system is involved - one that is adding the >> --record-libdeps option when creating libraries - then it will be >> able to add the necessary linker command line option to invoke >> the plugin as well. > > Did I miss any discussion about whether this feature should/could be > implemented directly in the linkers, rather than via a plugin? I > wouldn't be opposed to it. I would prefer if it were built in and active by default. I just went with the plugin because it seemed to be the quickest way to get the feature working. -- -- Howard Chu CTO, Symas Corp. http://www.symas.com Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/ Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/