A simple
echo "int main() {return 0;}" > testme.c
gcc -Wl,--as-needed testme.c -o testme -lglib-2.0
will link against glib-2.0 even if it is not used. So
readelf -d testme|grep -e '(NEEDED)' -e 'glib-2.0'
will not be an empty string.
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Summary: --as-needed doesn't work
Product: binutils
Version: 2.20
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: gold
AssignedTo: ian at airs dot com
ReportedBy: robert dot wohlrab at gmx dot de
CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10880
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