[PATCH] D39959: [ELF] - Allow merging of strings sections for -relocatable output.

[George Rimar via llvm-commits]

>What is it that prevent us from just using elf::mergeSections for -r?
>
>If I remember correctly, we don't want to merge input strings when that
>would reduce what the final link can do (--gc-sections for example). But
>with SHF_MERGE, they should always be fine to merge.
>
>Cheers,
>Rafael

I guess nothing stops us from doing that, that was what I initially meant in
comment for PR35223. Just was not sure what path is better for -r.

I'll try to enable string merging for -r then.

George.