Bug#661868: gcc-4.6 -combine fails

[Peter Chubb <peter.chubb@nicta.com.au>]

Package: gcc-4.6
Version: 4.6.2-16
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
     gcc-4.4 and earlier had an option '-combine' that conflated all
     the C files given to it as a single unit to allow
     inter-procedural optimisation.  gcc-4.6 doesn't seem to have this
     option, but I can't find anything in the changelogs to suggest
     it's gone, nor can I find a replacement for it.

     $ gcc-4.6 -combine -c -o all.o *.c
     gcc-4.6: error: unrecognized option ‘-combine’
     $ gcc-4.4 -combine -c -o all.o *.c
     $

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.3.0-rc5 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gcc-4.6 depends on:
ii  binutils      2.22-5
ii  cpp-4.6       4.6.2-16
ii  gcc-4.6-base  4.6.2-16
ii  libc6         2.13-27
ii  libgcc1       1:4.6.2-16
ii  libgmp10      2:5.0.4+dfsg-1
ii  libgomp1      4.6.2-16
ii  libmpc2       0.9-4
ii  libmpfr4      3.1.0-3
ii  libquadmath0  4.6.2-16
ii  zlib1g        1:1.2.6.dfsg-2

Versions of packages gcc-4.6 recommends:
ii  libc6-dev  2.13-27

Versions of packages gcc-4.6 suggests:
pn  binutils-gold        <none>
pn  gcc-4.6-doc          <none>
pn  gcc-4.6-locales      <none>
pn  gcc-4.6-multilib     <none>
pn  libgcc1-dbg          <none>
pn  libgomp1-dbg         <none>
pn  libmudflap0-4.6-dev  <none>
pn  libmudflap0-dbg      <none>
pn  libquadmath0-dbg     <none>

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