Re: as/ld silently creates programs with undefined references/symbols

[Russell King]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 09:24:02AM +0100, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> I think this is a bad idea: mapping symbols are there for a reason. 
> They are absolutely essential in the process of creating be-8 format
> images.  And they have other potential uses as well (accurate
> disassembly of code, for example).
> 
> The time to remove them is after linking.  If you want a flag, make it a
> strip or objcopy option.

Richard,

Please look again at my bug report and consider the effect they have
on the linkers ability to produce understandable error messages.
They directly impact the usability of the toolchain.

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Russell King
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