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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: How can ld be used stand alone?
Date: 6 Sep 2000 13:10:09 GMT
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Hax <hax AT no-junk-please DOT haxware DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> Can anyone out there tell me how I might use ld as a stand alone linker -
> i.e. not use gcc as the linker.  If I understand correctly, gcc simply calls
> ld with the correct command-line options.

Yes. And the best answer to your second question is obviously to just
watch *how* gcc does that. Link a program with 'gcc -v' and you'll see
the exact linker command line it built. Note down that line, and then
look up 'info ld' to see what all the stuff in that command line
means, exactly.




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