[fpc-devel] Section smartlinking enabled for i386-linux

[Marco van de Voort]

> "Peter Vreman" <peter at freepascal.org> wrote:
> 
> >              name         : 'Linux for i386';
> >              shortname    : 'Linux';
> > -            flags        :
> > [tf_needs_symbol_size,tf_pic_uses_got{,tf_smartlink_sections}];
> > +            flags        :
> > [tf_needs_symbol_size,tf_pic_uses_got,tf_smartlink_sections];
> >              cpu          : cpu_i386;
> 
> Maybe silly question: why doesn't -XX add or remove that smartlink flag ?

Because 

1) the dividing into sections is done during compiletime, not link time.
2) the compiler has to know what kind of smartlinking .o's in .a's or sections in .o's
is done.