There are certain conditions that can cause a full relink on the next link, as compared to the previous examples that cause a full relink on this link.
The next time you try to link that program, you see the message:
# ild detects previous error and does a full relink | $ cc -xildon -z i_verbose broken.o |
ild: (Performing full relink) cannot do incremental relink due to problems in the previous link |
A full relink occurs.