Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 12:16:50 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: James.Fenno@lodgenet.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd.lib.mk Message-ID: <199705131916.MAA10627@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199705131519.KAA10896@bruno.lodgenet.com> from "Jim Fenno" at May 13, 97 10:19:55 am
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> I have been looking at the bsd.lib.mk template and I am curious why the
> compilation rules contain a CC command and a LD command. For example,
> the .c.o rule is as follows:
>
> .c.o:
> ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c ${.IMPSRC} -o ${.TARGET}
> @${LD} -O ${.TARGET} -x -r ${.TARGET}
>
>
> The man page for ld(1) says...
>
> -r Produce relocatable object file, suitable for another pass
> through ld.
> -x Discard all local symbols in the input files.
>
> Is there a benefit to the ld -x option?
Yeah; it makes you have to update all your /usr/share/mk files and
your 'ld' program, and "conveniently" suplicates functionality
already present in "strip".
Plus it makes you recompile 'ld' to use the stupid option that
does the tmp file juggling.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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