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Re: Match archive:file in linker script filespecs

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 00:16:29 +0930
Subject: Re: Match archive:file in linker script filespecs
References: <20080606053134.GD25946@bubble.grove.modra.org> <6dc9ffc80806060629l30216feem6d4c83506669e7d0@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 06:29:04AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> Can it be used to exclude a file in archive? It may be useful for
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28811

I doubt it.  The patch changes what we can specify regarding section
placement, so it has nothing to do with archive extraction.  About all
you could do would be /DISCARD/ a file from an archive, which probably
isn't what you want.

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM

References:
- Match archive:file in linker script filespecs
  - From: Alan Modra
- Re: Match archive:file in linker script filespecs
  - From: H.J. Lu

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