https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30187
--- Comment #5 from Tom Kacvinsky <tkacvins at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Nick Clifton from comment #4) > (In reply to Nick Clifton from comment #3) > > > What do you think of the this patch ? > > I have discovered a flaw in the patch. :-( > > Since the version string is now present in the .comment section, that > section is always output, even if there are no input files containing > .comment sections. This breaks many of the linker's own tests and > represents unexpected new behaviour of the linker. *sigh* I will have to > rethink my solution. I'd be OK with a new option. That way, old tests can be such that the new option is not used, the .comment section is not emitted, and things are as they were. Then, write a new test (or tests) that exercise the new option. I see there is often a lot of back and forth on the binutils list about what options should be named, but just as a first stabd, I'd call it "--emit-comment-section" -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
