#8405: experiment with using function-sections for linking (for smaller libs and executables) -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: carter | Owner: olsner Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.12.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by refold): Replying to [comment:11 olsner]:
It seems GNU ld actually has scalability issues with very large numbers of sections too, unfortunately.
Have you tried the gold linker? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8405#comment:12 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler