Re: Gcc/ld and long command lines (> 32k)

[rridge at csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca (Ross Ridge)]

> Several replies mentioned the possibility of making several
> intermediate libraries. I'm well aware of that possibility.  But since
> I'm not interested in the "library functionality" of libraries, any such
> partitioning seems artificial. I always want a *full linking* where all
> object files are needed.

You can try using an implicit linker script.  Create a file, call it
something like "my-ld-script", with lines like the following:

	INPUT(obj1.o obj2.o obj3.o)
	INPUT(obj4.o, obj5.o, obj6.o)
	INPUT(obj7.o)

And then instead of linking with a command that looks something like this:

	gcc -o foo.exe obj1.o obj2.o ... obj7.o -lbar -lbaz

Use something like this:

	gcc -o foo.exe my-ld-script -lbar -lbaz

						Ross Ridge


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