gold(1) on Linux
The text 855ef8769f11, as Debian 8 (Jessie) shipped it.
The GNU ELF linker
Flags it lists
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--add-needed -
--allow-shlib-undefined -
--as-needed -
--build-id -
--build-id-chunk-size-for-treehash -
--build-id-min-file-size-for-treehash -
--check-sections -
--compress-debug-sections -
--copy-dt-needed-entries -
--cref -
--ctors-in-init-array -
--debug -
--define-common -
--defsym -
--demangle -
--detect-odr-violations -
--disable-new-dtags -
--discard-all -
--discard-locals -
--dynamic-linker -
--dynamic-list -
--dynamic-list-cpp-new -
--dynamic-list-data -
--eh-frame-hdr -
--emit-relocs -
--enable-new-dtags -
--end-group -
--end-lib -
--error-unresolved-symbols -
--export-dynamic -
--export-dynamic-symbol -
--fatal-warnings -
--filter -
--fix-arm1176 -
--fix-cortex-a8 -
--fix-v4bx -
--fix-v4bx-interworking -
--format -
--gc-sections -
--gdb-index -
--gnu-unique -
--hash-bucket-empty-fraction -
--hash-style -
--help -
--icf -
--icf-iterations -
--incremental -
--incremental-base -
--incremental-changed -
--incremental-full -
--incremental-startup-unchanged -
--incremental-unchanged -
--incremental-unknown -
--incremental-update -
--just-symbols -
--keep-files-mapped -
--keep-unique -
--ld-generated-unwind-info -
--library -
--library-path -
--map-whole-files -
--merge-exidx-entries -
--mmap-output-file -
--nmagic -
--no-add-needed -
--no-allow-multiple-definition -
--no-allow-shlib-undefined -
--no-as-needed -
--no-check-sections -
--no-cref -
--no-ctors-in-init-array -
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--no-demangle -
--no-detect-odr-violations -
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--no-export-dynamic -
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--no-fix-cortex-a8 -
--no-gc-sections -
--no-gdb-index -
--no-gnu-unique -
--no-incremental -
--no-keep-files-mapped -
--no-keep-memory -
--no-ld-generated-unwind-info -
--no-map-whole-files -
--no-merge-exidx-entries -
--no-mmap-output-file -
--no-omagic -
--no-pic-executable -
--no-plt-static-chain -
--no-plt-thread-safe -
--no-posix-fallocate -
--no-print-gc-sections -
--no-print-icf-sections -
--no-text-reorder -
--no-threads -
--no-toc-optimize -
--no-toc-sort -
--no-undefined -
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--no-warn-common -
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--no-warn-execstack -
--no-warn-mismatch -
--no-warn-search-mismatch -
--no-warn-shared-textrel -
--no-wchar-size-warning -
--no-whole-archive -
--noinhibit-exec -
--oformat -
--omagic -
--output -
--pic-executable -
--plt-align -
--plt-static-chain -
--plt-thread-safe -
--plugin -
--plugin-opt -
--posix-fallocate -
--preread-archive-symbols -
--print-gc-sections -
--print-icf-sections -
--print-map -
--print-output-format -
--print-symbol-counts -
--relax -
--retain-symbols-file -
--rosegment -
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--rpath-link -
--script -
--section-ordering-file -
--section-start -
--sort-common -
--sort-section -
--spare-dynamic-tags -
--split-stack-adjust-size -
--start-group -
--start-lib -
--stats -
--strip-all -
--strip-debug -
--strip-debug-gdb -
--strip-debug-non-line -
--strip-lto-sections -
--stub-group-size -
--sysroot -
--text-reorder -
--thread-count -
--thread-count-final -
--thread-count-initial -
--threads -
--toc-optimize -
--toc-sort -
--trace -
--trace-symbol -
--undefined -
--undefined-version -
--unresolved-symbols -
--verbose -
--version -
--version-script -
--warn-common -
--warn-constructors -
--warn-execstack -
--warn-multiple-gp -
--warn-search-mismatch -
--warn-shared-textrel -
--warn-unresolved-symbols -
--whole-archive -
--wrap -
-Bgroup -
-Bshareable -
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-Tdata -
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-fini -
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-m -
-n -
-no-pie -
-no-pipeline-knowledge -
-nostdlib -
-o -
-optimize -
-p -
-pie -
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-relocatable -
-rpath -
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-shared -
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