On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Segher Boessenkool <seg...@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 09:05:13AM -0400, Patrick Palka wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Segher Boessenkool >> <seg...@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: >> > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 06:35:11AM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote: >> >> Or, if using GNU ar, you can even use -S, if that helps (after testing >> >> for it in configure, of course). >> > >> > I meant -T. Some day I will learn how to type, promise! >> >> This really helps! libbackend.a gets built instantly with -T. > > Yes, but how does it influence link time?
No significant influence. Linking cc1plus takes about 6 seconds on my machine regardless of whether libbackend.a is built with -T or not. > > > Segher
