[C++-sig] linking on linux with gcc 3.2 takes very long

[David Abrahams]

"Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve" <rwgk at yahoo.com> writes:

> --- Achim Domma <achim.domma at syynx.de> wrote:
>> since today I have a RedHat 8 system to compile my code on, but the final
>> linking step takes much to long. I'm waiting now for about 30 minutes (only
>> linking). If I remember correctly there was already a thread about this, but
>> I could not find it on google. Is there something I can do?
>
> The "solution" is not to use -g. Linking times are back to normal if you use
> -O2 or similar. -- I'd be interested if you find out more.

Ralf, did you ever report this to the appropriate authorities?

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