https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84995
--- Comment #15 from Дилян Палаузов <dilyan.palauzov at aegee dot org> --- Why isn’t liblto_plugin.so tweaked to claim only the GCC LTO files, it can handle? E.g. liblto_plugin.so from GCC7 does not claim files for GCC 8 LTO? I do not get the conclusion here: * liblto_plugin.so from $libdir/bfd-plugins is only magially called by ar/nm/ranlib and there the version number does not matter; * in case where liblto_plugin.so is not called by ar/nm/ranlib the version number matters, but no auto-loading happens, so installing it under $libdir/bfd-plugins is irrelevant So when will it be problematic to do auto loading by ar/nm/ranlib and when can installing the plugin under $libdir/bfd-plugins create problems?
