https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113610
Bug ID: 113610
Summary: Manpage could be more clear about gcc's -e flag
Product: gcc
Version: 13.2.1
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: c
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: mike at flyn dot org
Target Milestone: ---
The GCC manpage states this:
-e entry
--entry=entry
Specify that the program entry point is entry. The argument is interpreted
by the linker; the GNU linker accepts either a symbol name or an address.
It might be worth noting that this refers to _start, and not main. Many
references refer to main as the "entry point" for a C program. Of course,
thinking this here fails to realize there is significant initialization that
will not happen when using -e. Either mentioning _start explicitly or noting
that changing the entry point might leave things like the heap uninitialized (I
think) might help.
The same can be said about the ld manpage.
