Re: Any plans to integrate just binutils‑gd b into GCC?

the problem is that doing so requires modifying both gcc and binutils. binutils does not provide a lot of tool (such as dlltool) for x86_64-w64-mingw32, unlike llvm all tools are available.

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From: Arsen Arsenović <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2026 6:16:55 PM
To: unlvsur unlvsur <[email protected]>
Cc: Segher Boessenkool <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Any plans to integrate just binutils‑gdb into GCC?

unlvsur unlvsur via Gcc-help <[email protected]> writes:

> LLVM/Clang generates LLVM IR, not necessarily object files. Also thin
> lto works very well for clang and llvm while for GCC to use lto, the
> compilation is extremely slow to the point of useless.

No it isn't. GCC LTO is applied widely. My entire system is built with
GCC + -flto.

> BTW, supporting --sysroot --target does not mean $target-gcc couldn't exist any more for those legacy systems. It is just for new system, we should move to just gcc --target --sysroot, not $cross-gcc

Patches welcome.
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Arsen Arsenović