On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 at 17:29, Christian Tramnitz via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > For statically linked binaries one wants to keep track of external > libraries that were pulled in at link time. I haven't found any > initiatives or standards trying to achieve this yet, so I would like > to make a proposal. > > ld already supports the `--depedency-file=` option to create a > depfile, to some degree, documenting dependencies in Makefile format. > While it's a good starting point, it's not sufficient.
The linker is part of Binutils not GCC: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ You probably want to use the binutils mailing list, not the GCC one.
