Re: very slow linking

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Emden,

> > > Up until recently, my programs have linked fairly quickly. Of late, linking 
> > > now takes on the order a minute.

> > If you tell us what you changed we might be able to guess a reason.

> Only a few files have been added. As a test, I rebuilt multiple older 
> versions of our software.
> I am positive these linked quickly. (Otherwise, I would have gone crazy 
> trying to debug the
> software.) The current link times are about the same as with the newest 
> software, so I would
> have to say something has changed on my linux box.

So you are saying that you changed the version of the linker that you 
are using, is that correct ?  If so, what was the version of the older 
(and faster) linker that you were using ?  Also, if you try using the 
current binutils release (2.15) or the current development version, do 
you get your faster linking back ?

Cheers
  Nick