5.9.10.11 Package Linker Attributes

• `General'
  • `Required_Switches': list

    Value is a list of switches that are required when invoking the linker to link an executable.

  • `Default_Switches': list, indexed, case-insensitive index

    Index is a language name. Value is a list of switches for the linker when linking an executable for a main source of the language, when there is no applicable Switches.

  • `Leading_Switches': list, optional index, indexed, case-insensitive index, others allowed

    Index is a source file name or a language name. Value is the list of switches to be used at the beginning of the command line when invoking the linker to build an executable for the source or for its language.

  • `Switches': list, optional index, indexed, case-insensitive index, others allowed

    Index is a source file name or a language name. Value is the list of switches to be used when invoking the linker to build an executable for the source or for its language.

  • `Trailing_Switches': list, optional index, indexed, case-insensitive index, others allowed

    Index is a source file name or a language name. Value is the list of switches to be used at the end of the command line when invoking the linker to build an executable for the source or for its language. These switches may override the Required_Switches.

  • `Linker_Options': list

    Value is a list of switches/options that are to be added when linking an executable from a project importing the current project directly or indirectly. Linker_Options are not used when linking an executable from the current project.

  • `Map_File_Option': single

    Value is the switch to specify the map file name that the linker needs to create.

• `Configuration - Linking'
  • `Driver': single

    Value is the name of the linker executable.

• `Configuration - Response Files'
  • `Max_Command_Line_Length': single

    Value is the maximum number of character in the command line when invoking the linker to link an executable.

  • `Response_File_Format': single

    Indicates the kind of response file to create when the length of the linking command line is too large. Only authorized case-insensitive values are "none", "gnu", "object_list", "gcc_gnu", "gcc_option_list" and "gcc_object_list".

  • `Response_File_Switches': list

    Value is the list of switches to specify a response file to the linker.