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authorDJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>2000-12-12 22:37:20 +0000
committerDJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>2000-12-12 22:37:20 +0000
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* ld.texinfo: Add notes about --whole-archive and gcc.
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+2000-12-11 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
+
+ * ld.texinfo: Add notes about --whole-archive and gcc.
+
2000-11-18 Fred Fish <fnf@be.com>
* lexsup.c (OPTION_ALLOW_SHLIB_UNDEFINED): Define.
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
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--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
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@@ -1368,6 +1368,12 @@ files. This is normally used to turn an archive file into a shared
library, forcing every object to be included in the resulting shared
library. This option may be used more than once.
+Two notes when using this option from gcc: First, gcc doesn't know
+about this option, so you have to use @code{-Wl,-whole-archive}.
+Second, don't forget to use @code{-Wl,-no-whole-archive} after your
+list of archives, because gcc will add its own list of archives to
+your link and you may not want this flag to affect those as well.
+
@kindex --wrap
@item --wrap @var{symbol}
Use a wrapper function for @var{symbol}. Any undefined reference to