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11 use target::TargetOptions;
12 use std::default::Default;
14 pub fn opts() -> TargetOptions {
16 // FIXME(#13846) this should be enabled for windows
17 function_sections: false,
18 linker: "gcc".to_string(),
19 dynamic_linking: true,
21 dll_prefix: "".to_string(),
22 dll_suffix: ".dll".to_string(),
23 exe_suffix: ".exe".to_string(),
24 staticlib_prefix: "".to_string(),
25 staticlib_suffix: ".lib".to_string(),
26 is_like_windows: true,
27 archive_format: "gnu".to_string(),
29 // And here, we see obscure linker flags #45. On windows, it has been
30 // found to be necessary to have this flag to compile liblibc.
32 // First a bit of background. On Windows, the file format is not ELF,
33 // but COFF (at least according to LLVM). COFF doesn't officially allow
34 // for section names over 8 characters, apparently. Our metadata
35 // section, ".note.rustc", you'll note is over 8 characters.
37 // On more recent versions of gcc on mingw, apparently the section name
38 // is *not* truncated, but rather stored elsewhere in a separate lookup
39 // table. On older versions of gcc, they apparently always truncated th
40 // section names (at least in some cases). Truncating the section name
41 // actually creates "invalid" objects [1] [2], but only for some
42 // introspection tools, not in terms of whether it can be loaded.
44 // Long story short, passing this flag forces the linker to *not*
45 // truncate section names (so we can find the metadata section after
46 // it's compiled). The real kicker is that rust compiled just fine on
47 // windows for quite a long time *without* this flag, so I have no idea
48 // why it suddenly started failing for liblibc. Regardless, we
49 // definitely don't want section name truncation, so we're keeping this
52 // [1] - https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13130
53 // [2] - https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=2139
54 "-Wl,--enable-long-section-names".to_string(),
56 // Tell GCC to avoid linker plugins, because we are not bundling
57 // them with Windows installer, and Rust does its own LTO anyways.
58 "-fno-use-linker-plugin".to_string(),
60 // Always enable DEP (NX bit) when it is available
61 "-Wl,--nxcompat".to_string(),