[fpc-devel] A small wish for FPC

[ik]

On 7/27/06, Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, ik wrote:
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a "small" wish regarding the ability to work with FPC...
> >
> > At the moment, if I'm using SysUtils, then it also adds all the
> > resource string regardless if I'm using it or not.
> >
> > At the end parts of the executable have a lot more content of things
> > existed in units that I do not use, and sometimes even more then my
> > own code.
> >
> > The best idea I have to solve such thing is to use some sort of
> > instructions for the compiler to tell it what I do need, and the
> > compiler will check dependencies if there is a problem with my choice.
>
> We are aware of this problem, and it is solved with the internal linker.

Sounds cool :)
How do I use it in Linux (as far as I remember the linker only works
on Windows at the moment ?)

>
> Michael.

Ido