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Re: [PATCH]: ld/Makefile.am
On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 06:05:39PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Mar 10, 2000, "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> wrote:
>
> > When collect2 calls ld-new, it sets up everything for the gcc
> > driver which calls it.
>
> What does it mean ``to set up everything for the gcc driver which
> calls it''? In the build tree, there isn't any program named `gcc'
> that the libtool wrapper might be running? So why oh why is it being
> called recursively?
I think I know why it is called recursively:
1. The new gcc calls collect2.
2. collect2 calls ld/ld-new.
3. ld/ld-new uses the new gcc to relink the new ld.
4. Go to 1 until our environment avariables are too big.
It takes 4 times to get blown up.
H.J.