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On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 04:12:05PM -0700, Geoff Keating wrote: > > Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:52:45 -0700 > > From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> > > Cc: libc-hacker@sourceware.cygnus.com, binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com, > > ian@zembu.com > > > For the most parts, the new tags replace the old ones with a little > > twist. They come from the new gABI. > > I guess the question I'm really asking is "when do I need to switch on > these tags? and why can't the linker do it for me?". You can use it when you are certain your C library supports it. Glibc 2.2 is ok. The linker may not know what the runtime linker will do when it sees a known dtag. As more and more new features are added to those new dtags, glibc may need them to work correctly. H.J.
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