>>>> Isn't this the same as compiling with CC="gcc -flto -fuse-linker-plugin.."? >>>> >>>> If so, maybe just this could be mentioned. >>>> >>> Nope, two completely different animals. gold is a new linker that was >>> introduced to binutils in 2008. >>> LTO (Link-time Optimization) was a feature that was introduced to GCC >>> fairly recently... >>> >> Thanks for the clarification and links to further reading. >> >> Can you use ld-gold and lto together? >> >> > Yes. And sorry, I meant to find this link include it in my previous email as > well. > https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LinkTimeOptimization. > Thanks.
After compiling binutils with "--enable-gold --enable-plugins" (ld.gold fails without --enable-plugins) and gcc with "--enable-gold", the following seems to work fine: CC="gcc -fuse-ld=gold -flto -fuse-linker-plugin.." configure ... -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
