What is the OPTION in the GCC's option “-Wl,OPTION”?

Question

When I read the GCC\'s info manual, I found the link option -Wl,OPTION:

`-Wl,OPTION\'
 Pass OPTION as an option to the li         


        

Answer 1

The linker is called ld. Googling for ld options gives e.g. http://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.16/ld/Options.html