https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125703
Bug ID: 125703
Summary: Remove --enable-gold support after binutils removes it
Product: gcc
Version: 16.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: bootstrap
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org
Target Milestone: ---
Since gold has been deprecated for a few, --enable-gold should think about
removing that.
>From gcc/configure.ac:
```
install_gold_as_default=no
AC_ARG_ENABLE(gold,
[[ --enable-gold[=ARG] build gold [ARG={default,yes,no}]]],
[case "${enableval}" in
default)
install_gold_as_default=yes
;;
yes)
if test x${default_ld} != x; then
install_gold_as_default=yes
fi
;;
no)
;;
*)
AC_MSG_ERROR([invalid --enable-gold argument])
;;
esac])
# Identify the linker which will work hand-in-glove with the newly
# built GCC, so that we can examine its features. This is the linker
# which will be driven by the driver program.
#
# If build != host, and we aren't building gas in-tree, we identify a
# build->target linker and hope that it will have the same features
# as the host->target linker we'll be using.
gcc_cv_gld_major_version=
gcc_cv_gld_minor_version=
gcc_cv_ld_gld_srcdir=`echo $srcdir | sed -e 's,/gcc$,,'`/ld
gcc_cv_ld_gold_srcdir=`echo $srcdir | sed -e 's,/gcc$,,'`/gold
gcc_cv_ld_bfd_srcdir=`echo $srcdir | sed -e 's,/gcc$,,'`/bfd
AS_VAR_SET_IF(gcc_cv_ld,, [
if test -x "$DEFAULT_LINKER"; then
gcc_cv_ld="$DEFAULT_LINKER"
elif test $install_gold_as_default = yes \
&& test -f $gcc_cv_ld_gold_srcdir/configure.ac \
&& test -f ../gold/Makefile \
&& test x$build = x$host; then
gcc_cv_ld=../gold/ld-new$build_exeext
elif test -f $gcc_cv_ld_gld_srcdir/configure.ac \
&& test -f ../ld/Makefile \
&& test x$build = x$host; then
gcc_cv_ld=../ld/ld-new$build_exeext
elif test -x collect-ld$build_exeext; then
# Build using linker in the current directory.
gcc_cv_ld=./collect-ld$build_exeext
elif ( set dummy $LD_FOR_TARGET; test -x $[2] ); then
gcc_cv_ld="$LD_FOR_TARGET"
else
AC_PATH_PROG(gcc_cv_ld, $LD_FOR_TARGET)
fi])
```
This should be rewritten to remove the support of gold.
