https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98210
--- Comment #9 from Jozef Lawrynowicz <jozefl at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I believe this PR only relates to the fact that GCC support for SHF_GNU_RETAIN was available before GOLD supported that section flag. My proposed patch was to turn off GCC support for SHF_GNU_RETAIN if an unsupported GOLD is detected. I think at this point, the GOLD functionality was only broken for such a narrow period of time in development (not corresponding to a concrete version of Binutils), there's no point adding a configure test to try and catch that now. (In reply to Jakub Jelinek from comment #8) > Isn't this problem gone with > r11-7284-g6347f4a0904fce17eedf5c071be6f3c118680290 ? > I mean, attribute used now means what it used to mean before, and retain > attribute is not used in whatever is emitted into .init_array section at > least in existing code. Yes, one might use it in user code, but the answer > can be don't do it then. And yes, since none of the libraries using the "used" attribute will implicitly create SHF_GNU_RETAIN sections any more, even if you used the Binutils version with broken GOLD, it won't cause any problems.
