Hi,

On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:37:42 +0200 Michał Górny wrote:
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> That said, I'd really like for Gentoo to be able to finally switch to
> ld.gold by default.

It still has problems with kernel or kernel modules here and there.

Also from my experience gold demands more memory on linking large
binaries, thus it it unsuitable for low-memory setups.

While gold indeed has its benefits, it is still too immature to
become system default.

Best regards,
Andrew Savchenko