[PATCH] D29681: Handle -G as an alias to -shared

[Rafael Avila de Espindola via llvm-commits]

Simon Atanasyan via Phabricator <reviews at reviews.llvm.org> writes:

> atanasyan added a comment.
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>> This patch changes lld to handle -G as an alias to -shared. This means we would now error on "-G 123". How common is it for programs to use it meaning --gpsize?
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> On MIPS this option is rarely used for regular programs, but in case of Linux kernel build, embedded software etc it is commonly used. So it is better to continue ignore a numeric argument.

NP, so far I have seen only one package that uses -G to mean -shared. I
will try changing the package instead. It is probably not worth having
the logic about -G with or without an argument.

Cheers,
Rafael