diff --git a/cmd/gparse/main.go b/cmd/gparse/main.go
index ea0b3f8..c742a00 100644
--- a/cmd/gparse/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gparse/main.go
@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@ func main() {
 	args = args[1:]
 	parsed := shared.Parse(args)
 	// Print out the result
-	fmt.Printf("Parsed: %v", &parsed)
+	fmt.Printf("parsed: %v\n", &parsed)
+	fmt.Printf("parsed.SkipBitcodeGeneration() = %v\n", parsed.SkipBitcodeGeneration())
 }
diff --git a/shared/compiler.go b/shared/compiler.go
index 2c17c7b..7485797 100644
--- a/shared/compiler.go
+++ b/shared/compiler.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func Compile(args []string, compiler string) (exitCode int) {
 	LogDebug("Compile using parsed arguments:%v\n", &pr)
 
 	// If configure only, emit-llvm, flto, or print only are set, just execute the compiler
-	if pr.skipBitcodeGeneration() {
+	if pr.SkipBitcodeGeneration() {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go execCompile(compilerExecName, pr, &wg, &ok)
 		wg.Wait()
diff --git a/shared/constants.go b/shared/constants.go
index 60dd211..1448cb0 100644
--- a/shared/constants.go
+++ b/shared/constants.go
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ package shared
 //
 //  1.2.7 August 4 2020 William Woodruff's (@woodruffw) tweaks to the get-bc command (a strict mode).
 //
-//  1.2.8 October 12 2020 Wensheng Tang's (@legendtang) requests and fixes to the -flto issues.
+//  1.2.8 October 13 2020 Wensheng Tang's (@legendtang) requests and fixes to the -flto issues (issue #39).
+//                        Added support for the LTO_LINKING_FLAGS environment variable.
 
 const gllvmVersion = "1.2.8"
-const gllvmReleaseDate = "October 12 2020"
+const gllvmReleaseDate = "October 13 2020"
 
 const osDARWIN = "darwin"
 const osLINUX = "linux"
diff --git a/shared/parser.go b/shared/parser.go
index a632dbc..6b18a93 100644
--- a/shared/parser.go
+++ b/shared/parser.go
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ type argPattern struct {
 	finfo   flagInfo
 }
 
-func (pr *ParserResult) skipBitcodeGeneration() bool {
+//SkipBitcodeGeneration indicates whether or not we should generate bitcode for these command line options.
+func (pr *ParserResult) SkipBitcodeGeneration() bool {
 	reason := "No particular reason"
 	retval := false
 	squark := LogDebug
diff --git a/tests/parsing_test.go b/tests/parsing_test.go
index a5693ba..a25f3ee 100644
--- a/tests/parsing_test.go
+++ b/tests/parsing_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const input3 = `1.c 2.c 3.c 4.c 5.c -Wl,--start-group 7.o 8.o 9.o -Wl,--end-grou
 func plto(input string, t *testing.T) {
 	cmds := strings.Fields(input)
 	parsed := shared.Parse(cmds)
+	shared.LogInfo("\n<parsed>%v</parsed>", &parsed)
 	if !parsed.IsLTO {
 		t.Errorf("Parsing of  %v FAILED %v (not LTO)\n", input, parsed)
 	}
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ func plto(input string, t *testing.T) {
 func pl(input string, t *testing.T, expected int) {
 	cmds := strings.Fields(input)
 	parsed := shared.Parse(cmds)
+	shared.LogInfo("\n<parsed>%v</parsed>", &parsed)
 	if expected != len(parsed.LinkArgs) {
 		t.Errorf("Linking args %v of length %v NOT the expected length %v\n", parsed.LinkArgs, len(parsed.LinkArgs), expected)
 	}