[Bug ld/17532] regression: binutils 2.24.90 doesnt support -l:path/to/lib.a syntax anymore

[amodra at gmail dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17532

Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #3 from Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com> ---
I didn't miss the fact that your complaint is with -l:.  I based my reply on
the ld documentation which says of -l

If @var{namespec} is of the form @file{:@var{filename}}, @command{ld}
will search the library path for a file called @var{filename}, otherwise it
will search the library path for a file called @address@hidden

What's more, this was the intent of -l: when support was added to GNU ld in
2007.

You seem to be making use of an undocumented ld feature, in actual fact a ld
bug, that has since been fixed.  I see no reason to revert that fix.

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