From: "Damian Yerrick" <web DOT poison AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Linker trimming unused code/data
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 23:06:16 -0500
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Bug report follows.

> > > > > What you need to do is to divide a single module into several
smaller
> > > > > modules. Then the linker will only link in those modules which you
> > > > > actually need in your program.

Gautier researched other linkers and wrote:
> > > > the `ld' linker is almost the only that can't do it itself!

Eli Zaretskii suggested forwarding this to the binutils team.

Nate Eldredge wrote:
> > Note that some people might expect this behavior.  For instance, many
> > RCS-controlled projects insert a version string in each file like:
> >
> > static char rcsid[] = "$$RCS$43278$foo$bar$baz";
> >
> > Since this is compiled in to the binary, one can tell what version of
> > each source file went into a given binary.  If ld removed it, this would
> > break.

Klaas wrote:
> Of course the unused code-trimming could be implemented
> via commandline switches.

This request has been cc'ed to bug-gnu-utils AT gnu DOT org by
Damian Yerrick
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