On Fri, 2023-06-30 at 09:29 +0200, Jędrzej Dudkiewicz wrote: > > > Currently I am compiling using the following compiler/linker options: > > > -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -flto -Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL > > > -Wl,-r,--discard-all -Wl,-flto > > > > Hmm, isn't "-r" for partial linking? How can you use it to link an > > executable? > > Well, final binary works so I suppose it simply makes no difference. > Reason for it being here is simple: I've been trying basically all > combinations of options that according to The Experts Of The Internet > should somehow make my binary smaller. Since this is combination that > ended with smallest binary. I've no idea why it even works in your case. When I try them for a Hello World program, the produced "a.out" file is an ELF relocatable and I cannot run it at all. -- Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx> School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University
