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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:07:14 -0700
From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca>
Subject: Re: Problems with long command lines in DJGPP
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rOn Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:33:38 -0500, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
wrote:

>
>> > PS. maybe it is time to get rid of collect2.exe in DJGPP port of
>> > gcc.
>> 
>> I agree.  At the very least, we should retain collect2.exe, but
>> disable it by default (i.e., the default link command will not invoke
>> collect2).  Does that make sense?
>
>There are still some C++ things that collect2 can do that ld can't.  I
>don't recall exactly what offhand, but I have asked this question on
>the gcc list before.

AFAICT -frepo supports implicit template class instantiation by
recompiling object modules including the required template class
method instances, as opposed to -fno-implicit-templates, which
requires explicit template class method instantiation; so as long as
you continue to invoke collect2 when -frepo is specified, everything
should be okay. Or maybe I'm preaching to the choir? 

-- 
Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis