Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:01:03 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: gcc: turning off large-address awareness
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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

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