From 7ec229cebec3e99e605b67bbffdd32b90e4fd5f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DJ Delorie Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:37:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * ld.texinfo: Add notes about --whole-archive and gcc. --- ld/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ ld/ld.texinfo | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog index e1ad277100..87d8c469e7 100644 --- a/ld/ChangeLog +++ b/ld/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2000-12-11 DJ Delorie + + * ld.texinfo: Add notes about --whole-archive and gcc. + 2000-11-18 Fred Fish * lexsup.c (OPTION_ALLOW_SHLIB_UNDEFINED): Define. diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index b7a64e995a..aadfc05d65 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -1368,6 +1368,12 @@ files. This is normally used to turn an archive file into a shared library, forcing every object to be included in the resulting shared library. This option may be used more than once. +Two notes when using this option from gcc: First, gcc doesn't know +about this option, so you have to use @code{-Wl,-whole-archive}. +Second, don't forget to use @code{-Wl,-no-whole-archive} after your +list of archives, because gcc will add its own list of archives to +your link and you may not want this flag to affect those as well. + @kindex --wrap @item --wrap @var{symbol} Use a wrapper function for @var{symbol}. Any undefined reference to -- 2.34.1