Bug#588391: gcc-4.4: please automatically use -ffunction-sections when necessary with -fPIC

2010-08-06 Thread Matthias Klose
On 06.08.2010 00:58, brian m. carlson wrote: On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:59:18PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: On 08.07.2010 01:42, brian m. carlson wrote: Package: gcc-4.4 Version: 4.4.4-6 Severity: wishlist Because the ELF ABI for hppa requires relative jumps which are limited to 17 bits[0],

Bug#588391: gcc-4.4: please automatically use -ffunction-sections when necessary with -fPIC

2010-08-06 Thread Carlos O'Donell
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Matthias Klose d...@debian.org wrote: On 06.08.2010 00:58, brian m. carlson wrote: On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:59:18PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: On 08.07.2010 01:42, brian m. carlson wrote: Package: gcc-4.4 Version: 4.4.4-6 Severity: wishlist Because

Bug#588391: gcc-4.4: please automatically use -ffunction-sections when necessary with -fPIC

2010-08-05 Thread Matthias Klose
On 08.07.2010 01:42, brian m. carlson wrote: Package: gcc-4.4 Version: 4.4.4-6 Severity: wishlist Because the ELF ABI for hppa requires relative jumps which are limited to 17 bits[0], programs frequently require the use of -ffunction-sections. It would be preferable if (on hppa or otherwise)

Bug#588391: gcc-4.4: please automatically use -ffunction-sections when necessary with -fPIC

2010-08-05 Thread brian m. carlson
On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:59:18PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: On 08.07.2010 01:42, brian m. carlson wrote: Package: gcc-4.4 Version: 4.4.4-6 Severity: wishlist Because the ELF ABI for hppa requires relative jumps which are limited to 17 bits[0], programs frequently require the use of

Bug#588391: gcc-4.4: please automatically use -ffunction-sections when necessary with -fPIC

2010-07-07 Thread brian m. carlson
Package: gcc-4.4 Version: 4.4.4-6 Severity: wishlist Because the ELF ABI for hppa requires relative jumps which are limited to 17 bits[0], programs frequently require the use of -ffunction-sections. It would be preferable if (on hppa or otherwise) -ffunction-sections were implied by -fPIC when