[Bug ld/32003] Specifying --package-metadata might not be possible and is too fragile

[dilfridge at gentoo dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32003

--- Comment #29 from Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge at gentoo dot org> ---

> 
> Option A: Introduce a new --encoded-package-metadata parameter that takes
> the encoded string.
> 
> Option B: Extend --package-metadata to always decode the given string. As
> previously discussed, package names and version should not contain percent
> characters. So this change should not break backward compatibility.
> 

What are you going to do once you run into command line length limits
(which can be hidden in many places)?

(How much mystery data are we really talking about here?)

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