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From: Daniel Diaz <Daniel.Diaz@univ-paris1.fr>
Subject: Re: gcc: turning off large-address awareness
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 07:32:46 +0000 (UTC)
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Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please <at> cygwin.com> writes:

> 
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 02:48:27PM -0400, Ken Brown wrote:
> >On 4/14/2012 1:33 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >> You're right that there isn't a way to disable --large-address-aware
> >> but, since it's part of the specs, I'm not sure what would take
> >> precedence if there was a --disable* option.
> >>
> >> You could try using the above to create your own spec file and use
> >> that on the command line for gcc, cumbersome as it is.
> >
> >That works, thanks.  I didn't know about spec files.
> 
> I'll try to remember to add a --disable option to my next binutils
> release.
> 
> cgf
> 
> 


Hi Christopher,

when do you plan to release a version of binutils recognizing a
--disable-large-address-aware flag ?

Daniel



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