Re: Using linker script instead of library in Gold

[Aleksandar Simeonov <Aleksandar dot Simeonov at RT-RK dot com>]

Thanks,
You were right. Problem was that I used elf32-mips instead of
elf32-tradlittlemips as name. I fixed that, and now that part work
(still there are some other issues :-)).

Aleksandar

On 14/07/2011 19:15, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Aleksandar Simeonov <Aleksandar.Simeonov@RT-RK.com> writes:
> 
>> Yes, but still when I do linking I got error like:
>> ../../mips-linux-gnu-ld.gold: Attempt to open /usr/lib/libc.so succeeded
>> ../../mips-linux-gnu-ld.gold: warning: skipping incompatible
>> /usr/lib/libc.so while searching for c
>> ../../mips-linux-gnu-ld.gold: error: cannot find -lc
>>
>> Maybe I overlooked something?
> 
> It means that the OUTPUT_FORMAT string in your libc.so,
> elf32-tradlittlemips, was not recognized or did not match the target
> recognized for the .o files.  What string are you passing to the
> Target_selector constructor?
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
>> On 13/07/2011 17:46, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>>> Aleksandar Simeonov <Aleksandar.Simeonov@RT-RK.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I have one short question today. Situation is as follow: instead of
>>>> having lib.so as shared library, on our Linux distribution we have ld
>>>> linker script:
>>>> /* GNU ld script
>>>>    Use the shared library, but some functions are only in
>>>>    the static library, so try that secondarily.  */
>>>> OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-tradlittlemips)
>>>> GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a  AS_NEEDED (
>>>> /lib/ld.so.1 ) )
>>>>
>>>> Is Gold capable of using it (for ld is enough to put -lc in command
>>>> line) and if yes, what command option should be used?
>>>
>>> This is normal on any glibc-based system.  gold supports this without
>>> requiring any special options.
>>>
>>> Ian
>>>
>