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From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Use --push-state --as-needed and --pop-state instead of --as-needed and --no-as-needed for libgcc

As discussed, using --as-needed and --no-as-needed is dangerous, because
it results in --no-as-needed even for libraries after -lgcc_s, even when the
default is --as-needed or --as-needed has been specified earlier on the
command line.

If the linker supports --push-state/--pop-state, we should IMHO use it.

2018-04-11  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* configure.ac (LD_AS_NEEDED_OPTION, LD_NO_AS_NEEDED_OPTION): Use
	--push-state --as-needed and --pop-state instead of --as-needed and
	--no-as-needed if ld supports it.
	* configure: Regenerated.

--- a/src/gcc/configure.ac
+++ b/src/gcc/configure.ac
@@ -5517,11 +5517,21 @@ if test $in_tree_ld = yes ; then
   if test "$gcc_cv_gld_major_version" -eq 2 -a "$gcc_cv_gld_minor_version" -ge 16 -o "$gcc_cv_gld_major_version" -gt 2 \
      && test $in_tree_ld_is_elf = yes; then
     gcc_cv_ld_as_needed=yes
+    if test "$gcc_cv_gld_major_version" -eq 2 -a "$gcc_cv_gld_minor_version" -ge 28; then
+      gcc_cv_ld_as_needed_option='--push-state --as-needed'
+      gcc_cv_ld_no_as_needed_option='--pop-state'
+    fi
   fi
 elif test x$gcc_cv_ld != x; then
   # Check if linker supports --as-needed and --no-as-needed options
   if $gcc_cv_ld --help 2>&1 | grep as-needed > /dev/null; then
     gcc_cv_ld_as_needed=yes
+    if $gcc_cv_ld --help 2>&1 | grep push-state > /dev/null; then
+      if $gcc_cv_ld --help 2>&1 | grep pop-state > /dev/null; then
+	gcc_cv_ld_as_needed_option='--push-state --as-needed'
+	gcc_cv_ld_no_as_needed_option='--pop-state'
+      fi
+    fi
   fi
   case "$target:$gnu_ld" in
     *-*-solaris2*:no)