Re: [PATCH] ld: Append LDFLAGS to flags variable in default_ld_link
Project / Subsystem
binutils / ld
Date
2026-04-30
Proposer
Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Convenience of automatically including `LDFLAGS` versus explicit control in test scripts.
- • Potential for unexpected behavior if `LDFLAGS` contains flags that conflict with default settings.
- • Reduced verbosity in test scripts if `LDFLAGS` is handled automatically.
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- Re: [PATCH] ld: Append LDFLAGS to flags variable in default_ld_link
- headline
- ld: Append LDFLAGS to flags variable in default_ld_link
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- A patch to append LDFLAGS to the flags variable in default_ld_link is being reconsidered.
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- Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
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- Proposed
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- proposed
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- —
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- • Convenience of automatically including `LDFLAGS` versus explicit control in test scripts.
- • Potential for unexpected behavior if `LDFLAGS` contains flags that conflict with default settings.
- • Reduced verbosity in test scripts if `LDFLAGS` is handled automatically.
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- • ld
- • linker
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- • binutils
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- date
- 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
Re: [PATCH] ld: Append LDFLAGS to flags variable in default_ld_link
John David Anglin is revisiting a patch that appends LDFLAGS to the flags variable in default_ld_link within the binutils linker (ld). Alan Modra indicates that the original approach intentionally avoided this, updating .exp files instead, but is open to the change if all ld_link instances should use LDFLAGS, potentially simplifying the configuration by removing redundant LDFLAGS specifications in .exp files.