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This fixes #16440, where the build system incorrectly concluded that the `.subsections_via_symbols` assembler directive was supported on a Linux system. This was caused by the fact that gcc was invoked with `-flto`; when so-configured gcc does not call the assembler but rather simply serialises its AST for compilation during the final link. This is described in Note [autoconf assembler checks and -flto].
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