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    Downvoter, what do you think is lacking in the question? What can I add? Commented Jun 28, 2018 at 11:13
  • The manpage is admittedly awful, but is seems like the linked GNU ld doc answers your question. What don't you understand about it? Commented Jun 28, 2018 at 12:16
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    I am trying to find out what the emulation is and how I can know when to use which. other aspects of the target system What system (I guess OS?) and what information? Sample values: hp300bsd', mipslit', sun4'.` When do I use which, and how do I find out which to use? Commented Jun 28, 2018 at 13:22
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    There's no reason to use anything other than the default unless you're cross-compiling or targetting a non-default linker format on your host platform. If you're doing either, you already know what you need. If you're not, just stick with the default. Commented Jun 28, 2018 at 15:26
  • @Useless your comment is a basically a polite way of trying to stifle curiosity Commented Mar 8, 2021 at 17:59