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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


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