Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 13:04:41 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
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On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Andris Pavenis wrote:

> For example under Linux there is no analogous file (as djgpp.djl for DJGPP). 
> Ideally it would be enough to have correct default linker scripts in binutils.

If this could be done, I think we should do it.  The current setup with 
the linker script belongs to the days when a new DJGPP version always 
went together with GCC and Binutils.  This is no longer so.

> crtf.o is alien to gcc and egcs (included additionally specially for DJGPP). 
> crtbegin.o and crtend.o are generated from crtstuff.c which is in standard gcc
> (and egcs) source archives.

In that case, I agree that it's better to switch.

But why wasn't it done like this to begin with?