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authorDavid MacKenzie <djm@cygnus>1993-10-29 00:30:51 +0000
committerDavid MacKenzie <djm@cygnus>1993-10-29 00:30:51 +0000
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clarify reason for -sort-common
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diff --git a/ld/ld.1 b/ld/ld.1
index 896320c..965e791 100644
--- a/ld/ld.1
+++ b/ld/ld.1
@@ -682,7 +682,8 @@ Normally, when
places the global common symbols in the appropriate output sections,
it sorts them by size. First come all the one byte symbols, then all
the two bytes, then all the four bytes, and then everything else.
-This option disables that sorting.
+This is to prevent gaps between symbols due to
+alignment constraints. This option disables that sorting.
.TP
.BI "\-Tbss " "org"\c