> works. But I wonder: why do people like to link things with -N under
> Linux/x86 anyway? I see only disadvantages in doing so.
It gives slightly smaller executables. If I remember the MAGIC differences
right (going back to my SunOS debugger development days..) it's a 4k differnce.
For small binaries, that can be a big change.
I don't think it's worth the hassle, but nobody asked me.
Erik
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