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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2022-10-21 12:20:09 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2022-10-21 12:20:09 +0100
commit4b2e7a577c2f7311a8c381ff791d46e654c41fcc (patch)
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parent816be8d8b71b2b79e348d36d635b9f4756700f94 (diff)
downloadbinutils-gdb-4b2e7a577c2f7311a8c381ff791d46e654c41fcc.tar.gz
Add a -w option to the linker to suppress warning and error messages.
PR 29654 * ld.h (struct ld_config_type): Add no_warnings field. * ldlex.h (enum option_values): Add OPTION_NO_WARNINGS. * lexsup.c (ld_options): Add --no-warnings. (parse_args): Add support for -w and --no-warnings. * ldmisc.c (vfinfo): Return early if the message is a warning and -w has been enabled. * ld.texi (options): Document new command line option. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
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@@ -1876,6 +1876,15 @@ in filename invoked by -R or --just-symbols
Treat all warnings as errors. The default behaviour can be restored
with the option @option{--no-fatal-warnings}.
+@kindex -w
+@kindex --no-warnings
+@item -w
+@itemx --no-warnings
+Do not display any warning or error messages. This overrides
+@option{--fatal-warnings} if it has been enabled. This option can be
+used when it is known that the output binary will not work, but there
+is still a need to create it.
+
@kindex --force-exe-suffix
@item --force-exe-suffix
Make sure that an output file has a .exe suffix.