Re: suggestion for gold's testsuite makefile (initpri2 LDFLAGS)

[John Marino <binutils at marino dot st>]

On 2/6/2012 13:06, John Marino wrote:
> The initpri2 test can only pass if the --ctors-in-init-array option is
> enabled.  With a default build, Gold enables this option by default.
> Still, the testsuite should not assume the option is enabled, it should
> explicitly set it.
>
> Suggestion to change line 2280 of Makefile.in FROM:
> @GCC_TRUE@@NATIVE_LINKER_TRUE@initpri2_LDFLAGS = -Bgcctestdir/
> TO
> @GCC_TRUE@@NATIVE_LINKER_TRUE@initpri2_LDFLAGS = -Bgcctestdir/ -Wl,--ctors-in-init-array
>
>
> As background, the BSDs need to build Gold with a modified options.h
> file to set --no-ctors-in-init-array as the default.  I'm in the
> process of getting DragonFly BSD to support DT_INIT_ARRAY and friends
> and this test was failing even though the crt1.o had been properly
> modified to support it.  Making this change either has no effect or
> it means the difference between a pass or fail on a capable system
> with a non-standard ctors-in-init-array default.
>
> John


I don't think anybody responded to this post from last week, but I don't 
want it to fall between the cracks.  Is it a good idea to modify the 
gold testsuite makefile with this change?

John