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Re: [PATCH 8/7] Fix --gc-sections for C++ MIPS ELF

From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at adacore dot com>
To: Richard Sandiford <rsandifo at nildram dot co dot uk>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:39:26 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/7] Fix --gc-sections for C++ MIPS ELF
References: <87r6i4svjg.fsf@firetop.home> <200712022326.57206.ebotcazou@adacore.com> <87y7ca3hic.fsf_-_@firetop.home>

> I still think the patches make the linker more robust though,
> both because it can then cope with scripts that don't have the KEEPs[*],
> and because it no longer discards sections referenced by unparseable
> .eh_frames.

No discussion about that.  Your implementation is the proper one and makes 
the kludgy approach I initiated totally obsolete.

> Anyway, there's now an unscheduled eighth patch in the series.  Thanks
> for the pointer!

Thanks for implementing the feature for real. ;-)

-- 
Eric Botcazou

References:
- Fix --gc-sections for C++ MIPS ELF
  - From: Richard Sandiford
- Re: Fix --gc-sections for C++ MIPS ELF
  - From: Eric Botcazou
- [PATCH 8/7] Fix --gc-sections for C++ MIPS ELF
  - From: Richard Sandiford

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