From: Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>
To: Fangrui Song <i@maskray.me>
Cc: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>, binutils@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dependency list for static libraries
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:30:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <afc87228-79ec-2985-2bcf-7bac9ec5ffaa@symas.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <37636222-1f01-068f-41e0-a3f3f660506b@symas.com>
Howard Chu wrote:
>> * Some archives are incorrectly omitted: the executable uses A, but A's
>> dependency B is not on the command line. Now I hope Howard can clarify on this
>> topic:) What do you want to achieve with the dependency recorded in the archive?
>> I assume that you want the linker to smartly link B.
> Yes.
>
>> This is indeed the #pragma
>> comment(lib, ...) and .deplibs feature clang/LLD support.
> Perhaps, but I remain skeptical.
>
In particular, the feature you're proposing only works with ELF object files,
not with a.out files or any of the myriad non-ELF object file formats. It is
attacking the problem at the wrong level.
--
-- Howard Chu
CTO, Symas Corp. http://www.symas.com
Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/
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Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-19 15:49 Howard Chu
2017-09-19 15:52 ` Simon Richter
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2017-09-19 16:04 ` Howard Chu
2017-09-20 1:42 ` R0b0t1
2017-09-19 16:54 ` Joseph Myers
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2017-09-19 22:01 ` Howard Chu
2017-09-20 0:20 ` Joseph Myers
2020-09-03 20:42 ` Howard Chu
2020-09-22 10:39 ` Nick Clifton
2020-09-22 11:42 ` Howard Chu
2020-09-22 13:12 ` Nick Clifton
2020-09-22 16:23 ` [PATCH] " Howard Chu
2020-09-22 17:16 ` Fangrui Song
2020-09-22 17:55 ` Howard Chu
2020-09-22 20:46 ` Howard Chu
2020-09-23 11:52 ` Nick Clifton
2020-09-23 15:29 ` Howard Chu
2020-09-24 5:21 ` Fangrui Song
2020-09-24 9:19 ` Howard Chu
2020-09-24 9:30 ` Howard Chu [this message]
2020-09-28 11:07 ` Howard Chu
2020-10-28 14:56 ` Howard Chu
2020-11-03 15:14 ` Nick Clifton
2020-11-03 15:31 ` Howard Chu
2020-11-08 1:39 ` Alan Modra
2020-11-08 15:07 ` Howard Chu
2020-11-09 0:01 ` Alan Modra
2020-11-10 2:44 ` Howard Chu
2020-11-10 11:07 ` Alan Modra
2020-11-11 14:57 ` Howard Chu
2020-11-11 14:59 ` Howard Chu
2020-11-17 14:01 ` Nick Clifton
2020-11-04 0:33 ` Howard Chu
2020-11-04 11:01 ` Nick Clifton
2020-11-04 14:50 ` Howard Chu
2020-11-06 12:38 ` Nick Clifton
2020-11-13 14:40 ` Howard Chu
2020-11-24 17:49 ` Howard Chu
2020-11-25 11:17 ` Nick Clifton
2020-12-01 0:08 ` Howard Chu
2020-12-14 14:28 ` Nick Clifton
2020-12-15 16:17 ` Jim Wilson
2020-12-15 16:22 ` Jeff Law
2020-12-15 16:50 ` Nick Clifton
2020-12-15 19:11 ` Jeff Law
2020-12-15 20:04 ` Jim Wilson
2020-12-15 20:22 ` Cary Coutant
2020-12-15 20:51 ` Howard Chu
2020-12-16 11:16 ` Nick Clifton
2020-12-16 14:49 ` [PATCH] ld: Call plugin hooks only if they are available H.J. Lu
2020-12-16 18:34 ` Howard Chu
2020-12-16 18:40 ` H.J. Lu
2020-12-16 19:06 ` Howard Chu
2020-12-16 19:11 ` [PATCH] ld: Skip libdep plugin if not all plugin hooks " H.J. Lu
2020-12-16 21:26 ` Howard Chu
2020-12-16 21:47 ` H.J. Lu
2020-12-16 18:44 ` [PATCH] ld: Call plugin hooks only if they " Howard Chu
2020-12-15 20:33 ` [PATCH] dependency list for static libraries Cary Coutant
2020-12-15 20:53 ` Howard Chu
2020-12-16 11:18 ` Nick Clifton
2020-12-23 13:27 ` Matthias Klose
2020-12-23 18:23 ` Howard Chu
2020-09-30 10:33 Peter Smith
2020-10-28 14:35 ` Howard Chu
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