[PATCH] D28898: [ELF] - Allow emulation to be different from input objects target.

[Rafael Avila de Espindola via llvm-commits]

Rui Ueyama <ruiu at google.com> writes:

> So let's say gold ignores `-m` if at least one .o is present on command
> line (I did not verify that myself.) It feels weird, doesn't it? Why should
> we ignore `-m` if an object file is given? If that's the correct behavior
> for some reason, why don't we completely ignore `-m` even when all object
> files are in static archives?

Oh, what I would be OK with is to ignore -m if there are any ELF files
at all, including archives. That way -m is only used if all inputs are
raw binaries or bitcode files.

Cheers,
Rafael