Hello gcc -o t -### test.c Any easy way to evaluate and reduce command lines? Consider this:
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/../../../../lib/crt1.o Is actually the same as: /usr/lib/crt1.o -- which is much clearer! I'm using Ubuntu 9.04. Cheers, Jon $ gcc -o t -### test.c Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.3/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.3 --program-suffix=-4.3 --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-objc-gc --enable-mpfr --enable-targets=all --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i486-linux-gnu --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-o' 't' '-mtune=generic' "/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/cc1" "-quiet" "test.c" "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" "-quiet" "-dumpbase" "test.c" "-mtune=generic" "-auxbase" "test" "-fstack-protector" "-o" "/tmp/ccoCNitV.s" COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-o' 't' '-mtune=generic' "as" "-Qy" "-o" "/tmp/ccKSwMpH.o" "/tmp/ccoCNitV.s" COMPILER_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/ LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/../../../../lib/:/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/../../../:/lib/:/usr/lib/ COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-o' 't' '-mtune=generic' "/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/collect2" "--eh-frame-hdr" "-m" "elf_i386" "--hash-style=both" "-dynamic-linker" "/lib/ld-linux.so.2" "-o" "t" "-z" "relro" "/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/../../../../lib/crt1.o" "/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/../../../../lib/crti.o" "/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/crtbegin.o" "-L/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3" "-L/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3" "-L/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/../../../../lib" "-L/lib/../lib" "-L/usr/lib/../lib" "-L/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/../../.." "/tmp/ccKSwMpH.o" "-lgcc" "--as-needed" "-lgcc_s" "--no-as-needed" "-lc" "-lgcc" "--as-needed" "-lgcc_s" "--no-as-needed" "/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/crtend.o" "/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.3/../../../../lib/crtn.o"