From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [63.128.21.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D433857036 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:16:28 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org A2D433857036 Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-318-Rlk7pQRkPlCOtUW5yWGoDg-1; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 06:16:26 -0500 X-MC-Unique: Rlk7pQRkPlCOtUW5yWGoDg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 509441926DAD; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:16:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.36.115.13] (ovpn-115-13.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.115.13]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A55D5D9D7; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [PATCH] dependency list for static libraries To: Howard Chu , Cary Coutant Cc: Binutils References: <53b8973b-40a4-2550-3307-66d7f13707d5@symas.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> <7b124cd4-529b-0069-3044-9d733a4e4e5c@symas.com> <20ad87a3-283d-7e49-9c2e-ed13001f6c87@symas.com> <70139665-0b8c-63dc-3a9d-b24a25bd8122@redhat.com> <2475d2a6-c63e-6dac-0f56-fa9acb6f20de@symas.com> <0e9925e6-512b-0ed6-8846-a86a40fb0a47@redhat.com> <3bfc2ea0-d49d-a194-18e0-57c007fd3746@redhat.com> From: Nick Clifton Organization: Red Hat Message-ID: <7ce0403d-00ac-d853-3af8-c612a6eaa1d0@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:16:13 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP 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: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:16:29 -0000 Hi Howard, >> Why not just make the new plugin disable itself if the host tool >> doesn't provide the all_symbols_read entry point? > > Yeah, that'd be fine too. Just noop/silently exit if entry points are missing. > I can write that up if folks agree it's better. Please do. It turns out that my proposed fix breaks the LTO plugin, so it is a no-go. :-( Cheers Nick