niXman <i.nixman@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I try to build gcc from trunk sources for windows OS (MinGW), and >> found gcc-ar/gcc-nm/gcc-ranlib programs in the bin directory. >> >> Two weeks ago when I've been building gcc(mingw) these programs was >> called: ar/nm/ranlib. I'm confused with the theirs size: 33 806 bytes. >> When I start them I get error: "sorry - this program has been built >> without plugin support" >> Tell me, will these programs been called like this further? And why do >> I get this error message? These are little wrapper programs used for LTO support to pass a plugin to the ar/nm/ranlib programs. This is handy to examine the contents of LTO files. You get the error message because they rely on passing a plugin to the real ar/nm/ranlib programs, and your copy of those programs was built without plugin support. If you are building the GNU binutils yourself, use --enable-plugins when you run configure. Ian
