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Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 09:54:03 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] dxe3gen: invoke ld/as via gcc
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> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 08:15:17 +0100
> From: "J.W. Jagersma (jwjagersma AT gmail DOT com) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
> 
> On 2023-01-29 07:19, Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT gnu DOT org) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> >> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 23:09:30 +0100
> >> From: "J.W. Jagersma (jwjagersma AT gmail DOT com) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
> >>
> >> Posting this in a new thread since the other became way too long.
> >>
> >> This applies to current cvs, and should address all raised concerns.  I
> >> additionally noticed and fixed a small inconsistency in the -h text, as
> >> linker options are now wrapped via -Wl.
> > 
> > Thanks.  I have only one question:
> > 
> >> +  new_argv[0] = dxe_cc;
> >> +  new_argv[1] = "-nostdlib";
> >> +  new_argv[2] = "-Wl,-X,-S,-r";
> >> +  new_argv[3] = "-o";
> >> +  new_argv[4] = TEMP_O_FILE;
> >> +  new_argv[5] = "-T";
> >> +  new_argv[6] = dxe_sc;
> > 
> > Why do we need -nostdlib?  It wasn't used before, AFAICT.
> 
> This prevents gcc from implicitly linking in any libraries (libc, libgcc and
> crt0.o), as it wants to do by default.  It wasn't there before, since it's a
> gcc-specific option.

Sorry, I missed the fact that your original patch also had this
option.