Re: [MiNT] a.out linking

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>]

Miro Kropacek <miro.kropacek@gmail.com> writes:

> What I don't understand is why when I link "m68k-atari-mint-gcc -o out
> a.o b.o c.o" I get bigger result than "m68k-atari-mint-gcc -o out a.o
> c.o". I understand a.out is unable to separate files into more than
> one text section but why on earth, when whole file (in our case with
> only one function) is unused, linker just didn't skip it?

Object files passed to the linker are always linked in.  Use an archive
if you want link-if-referenced semantics.

Andreas.

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