On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Matthias Klose <d...@debian.org> wrote: > On 06.08.2010 00:58, brian m. carlson wrote: >> >> On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:59:18PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: >>> >>> On 08.07.2010 01:42, brian m. carlson wrote: >>>> >>>> Package: gcc-4.4 >>>> Version: 4.4.4-6 >>>> Severity: wishlist >>>> >>>> Because the ELF ABI for hppa requires relative jumps which are limited >>>> to 17 bits[0], programs frequently require the use of >>>> -ffunction-sections. It would be preferable if (on hppa or otherwise) >>>> -ffunction-sections were implied by -fPIC when otherwise gcc would >>>> generate text sections that are too large. After all, there's really no >>>> reason to generate .o files that are, for all practical purposes, >>>> useless. It would also make numerous package maintainers and hppa >>>> porters very happy, I suspect. >>>> >>>> [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558999#15 >>> >>> as this specific example shows, -ffunction-sections isn't enough, >>> but -mlong-calls is needed. >> >> In that particular instance -mlong-calls is needed, but in the general >> case it appears not to be, judging from the numerous cases where only >> -ffunction-sections (and not -mlong-calls) is in use already in the >> archive. For example, #160538. >> >> My wishlist request still stands. > > waiting for feedback form the HPPA porters.
To make this automatic would require a lot more intelligence in the linker. My suggestion is to change the specs such that -fPIC implies -ffunction-sections. Dave, any comment? Cheers, Carlos. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
