-*- mode: outline; coding: utf-8 -*-

* Remove dead code.

  STRIP_DEAD_CODE = -Wl,-static -fvtable-gc -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,-s

  -Wl,-static

                Link against static libraries. Required for dead-code

                elimination.

  -fvtable-gc

                C++ virtual method table instrumented with garbage collection

                information for the linker.

  -fdata-sections

                Keeps data in separate data sections, so they can be discarded

                if unused.

  -ffunction-sections

                Keeps funcitons in separate data sections, so they can be

                discarded if unused.

  -Wl,--gc-sections

                Tell the linker to garbage collect and discard unused

                sections.

  -s

                Strip the debug information, so as to make the code as small

                as possible. (I presume that you'd want to do this in a

                dead-code removal build.)

* Map file.

  $ ld -Map=file.map <opts> <files>

or

  $ gcc -Wl,-Map=file.map <opts> <files>

* Predefined macros.

  $ gcc -arch ppc -dM -E - < /dev/null | sort

* Default search path.

  $ echo | gcc -v -x c -E -

  $ gcc -print-search-dirs

install: ...

programs: ...

libraries: ...

Use -### in actual invoking:

  $ gcc -### -o foo foo.c

  $ ld --verbose | grep SEARCH_DIR

'LIBRARY_PATH' and 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH'

  $ cpp -Wp,-v

  $ cpp -Wp,-lang-c++,-v

  $ cpp -x c++ -Wp,-v