Relocatable linking on x86-64 for i386

[Ehud Karni]

On Mon, 4 Apr 2011 23:19:43 -0700, Valery Reznic wrote:
>
> --- On Mon, 4/4/11, Ehud Karni <ehud at unix.mvs.co.il> wrote:
>
> > In fact you can do: gcc -m32 file1.o file2.o -o output.o
>
> I vaguely remember that I tried to use gcc instead of ld long time ago, but gcc gave me some trouble - may be link failed after that, may be run-time problems.

Just to state the facts. I use `gcc -m32' regularly to create 32 bit
programs on 64 bit systems.  I checked the ld replacement command
specifically, and it worked without any problems.

Ehud.


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