Indeed, there’s a series of recent posts here that detail some of the things the Solaris linker can do: https://blogs.oracle.com/author/alibahrami https://blog

Indeed, there’s a series of recent posts here that detail some of the things the Solaris linker can do: https://blogs.oracle.com/author/alibahrami https://blogs.oracle.com/author/alibahrami It’s true that the linker in SmartOS is pretty far behind, but that’s due to some choices by other parties. The linker in Solaris 11.4 is quite comparable (and in some ways superior) to GNU ld, at least on Solaris.