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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: bsd.lib.mk
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>.c.o:
>	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c ${.IMPSRC} -o ${.TARGET}
>	@${LD} -O ${.TARGET} -x -r ${.TARGET}
>...
>Is there a benefit to the ld -x option?

ld -x is to strip local symbols.  This saves space and time, perhaps a
whole 200K for all libraries and 10 seconds for `make world' :-).

Bruce