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Re: [hjl/lto-mixed] PATCH: Remove IRONLY_SUFFIX
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at gmail dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:56:11 -0800
- Subject: Re: [hjl/lto-mixed] PATCH: Remove IRONLY_SUFFIX
- References: <20110111182736.GA6619@intel.com> <4D2E6A00.7030404@gmail.com>
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/01/2011 18:27, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> I don't believe IRONLY_SUFFIX is needed for 2 stage linker. ?Will it
>> cause any problems on Windows for you?
>
> ?No, it's not the name of any real file after all, and there's nothing
> special about it for Windows. ?(It was at times a useful diagnostic to know
> whether an error arose in the original file or the replacement bfd by looking
> at the filename in the error message, but other than that the only purpose it
> served is subsumed in your new BFD_PLUGIN_DUMMY flag.)
>
Thanks. It is on hjl/lto-mixed branch now.
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H.J.