Nilmoni Deb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This is correct and documented behaviour. All Unix linkers behave > > this way. > > In other words, its a feature, not a bug. It seems that the ICC (intel > cc) on linux does not have this feature.
Really? I haven't tried it myself. > Just wondering why not looking backwards (for ld) is considered desirable. 1) It's traditional Unix behaviour, so changing it will break some programs. 2) It is more efficient, as the linker can just walk through an archive's symbol table, include all required objects, and then move on. You may want to look at the --start-group --end-group options. Ian _______________________________________________ bug-binutils mailing list bug-binutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-binutils
