From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 10:56:26 -0400
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Subject: Re: gcc 3.0 released
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> Let me explain the problem.  A built-in script is just that: built-in;
> you cannot easily change it without rebuilding Binutils.  So if, for
> some reason, you need to modify the script (say, a new release of GCC
> or djdev requires such changes), you need to produce another Binutils
> distro and tell all users to upgrade.

True, but the built-in hardcoded linker script is a fallback if it can't be 
found in its path list. So if a linker script update is neccessary, a package 
that updates the ones in lib/ldscripts will do the job.

Mark