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 8E4013857036 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:18:14 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 8E4013857036 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-590-E5-3IRt1OoGY76XwUV63xQ-1; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 06:18:12 -0500 X-MC-Unique: E5-3IRt1OoGY76XwUV63xQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C548C10054FF; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:18:11 +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 1BAC71002C26; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:18:10 +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> <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> <124980b0-d04e-cf52-ce17-6fe5184499d0@symas.com> From: Nick Clifton Organization: Red Hat Message-ID: Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:18:09 +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: <124980b0-d04e-cf52-ce17-6fe5184499d0@symas.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 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 11:18:32 -0000 Hi Hoawrd, Hi Cary, >> 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. Plus if I remember correctly there was some dissension as to how exactly this feature should be implemented, so using a plugin made sense. Cheers Nick