Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 17:07:04 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: dan@langille.org Subject: Re: ld -X <== important or not? Message-ID: <200108220007.f7M074t05748@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <3B7FE5C2.18273.16C3288@localhost> References: <3B7FE5C2.18273.16C3288@localhost>
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In article <3B7FE5C2.18273.16C3288@localhost>, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote: > How important is the -X option on ld? > > -X Delete all temporary local symbols. For most tar- > gets, this is all local symbols whose names begin > with `L'. > > I ask because I'm porting something to Solaris and it seems rather > odd that the solaris ld doesn't have this option. It's not important. It just makes the output file smaller. I wouldn't be surprised if the Solaris linker did this by default. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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