http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51910
--- Comment #20 from Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com> 2012-02-17 18:51:48 UTC --- Apropos of the complaint that -frepo produces smaller executables than relying just on the linker discarding duplicate COMDAT groups.... I finally got around to packing up and submitting this linker patch that's been in my pile for a while. http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2012-02/msg00146.html