old-cross-binutils/ld
Kazu Hirata 69f069696b 2001-01-10 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com>
* scripttempl/h8500.sc: Fix formatting.
	* scripttempl/h8500b.sc: Likewise.
	* scripttempl/h8500c.sc: Likewise.
	* scripttempl/h8500m.sc: Likewise.
	* scripttempl/h8500s.sc: Likewise.
2001-01-10 18:58:36 +00:00
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emulparams * emulparams/elf32ppc.sh (OTHER_READWRITE_SECTIONS): 2000-12-12 20:15:21 +00:00
emultempl 2000-01-07 David O'Brien <obrien@BSDi.com> 2001-01-08 05:25:58 +00:00
po Add --no-default-excludes option for PE targets 2000-12-26 20:55:30 +00:00
scripttempl 2001-01-10 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2001-01-10 18:58:36 +00:00
testsuite 2001-01-03 Philip Blundell <pb@futuretv.com> 2001-01-03 09:51:52 +00:00
acinclude.m4 * acinclude.m4: Include libtool and gettext macros from the 2000-08-31 09:46:11 +00:00
aclocal.m4 Regenerate files using fixed aclocal install. 2000-09-06 00:13:34 +00:00
ChangeLog 2001-01-10 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2001-01-10 18:58:36 +00:00
config.in Regenerate files using fixed aclocal install. 2000-09-06 00:13:34 +00:00
configure * ltconfig, ltmain.sh, libtool.m4: Updated from libtool 2000-09-30 06:07:00 +00:00
configure.host Fix just added ia64-linux support to conform with others. 2000-05-02 00:58:51 +00:00
configure.in 2000-09-07 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> 2000-09-07 21:08:51 +00:00
configure.tgt Update RTEMS targets 2000-12-01 18:28:58 +00:00
deffile.h 2000-10-10 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-11 00:16:07 +00:00
deffilep.y Added year 2000 copyright notice 2000-01-04 23:33:29 +00:00
dep-in.sed Match space at start of file name, not end. 2000-04-20 02:13:01 +00:00
gen-doc.texi tic54x/ibmc54xdsp target for ld. 2000-06-20 13:29:07 +00:00
genscripts.sh * Makefile.am (GENSCRIPTS): Pass EMULATION_LIBPATH, not EMUL. 1999-06-18 15:25:45 +00:00
h8-doc.texi 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
ld.1 Move GNU Free Documentation License from the output into a comment 2000-11-28 20:40:35 +00:00
ld.h 2000-10-09 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-09 15:09:17 +00:00
ld.texinfo 2001-01-07 Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org> 2001-01-07 15:12:04 +00:00
ldcref.c 2000-10-09 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-09 15:09:17 +00:00
ldctor.c 2000-09-29 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-09-29 11:18:18 +00:00
ldctor.h 2000-10-09 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-09 15:09:17 +00:00
ldemul.c 2000-10-09 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-09 15:09:17 +00:00
ldemul.h 2000-10-09 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-09 15:09:17 +00:00
ldexp.c 2000-10-09 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-09 15:09:17 +00:00
ldexp.h 2000-10-09 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-09 15:09:17 +00:00
ldfile.c 2000-10-09 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-09 15:09:17 +00:00
ldfile.h 2000-10-09 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-09 15:09:17 +00:00
ldgram.y Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
ldint.texinfo Add GNU Free Documentation License 2000-11-06 20:27:26 +00:00
ldlang.c Revert the last beautification with "innocent" whitespace, 2000-12-13 18:28:52 +00:00
ldlang.h 2000-10-09 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-09 15:09:17 +00:00
ldlex.h Requre that long options starting with 'o' only accept a double dash prefix. 2000-12-28 19:54:33 +00:00
ldlex.l * ldlex.l (yy_create_string_buffer): Init all structure fields. 2000-11-05 06:27:15 +00:00
ldmain.c Add link option to allow undefiedn symbols in shared libraries 2000-12-12 20:53:02 +00:00
ldmain.h 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
ldmisc.c 2000-09-21 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-09-21 20:21:59 +00:00
ldmisc.h 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
ldver.c 2000-09-21 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-09-21 20:21:59 +00:00
ldver.h 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
ldwrite.c 2000-09-21 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-09-21 20:21:59 +00:00
ldwrite.h 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
lexsup.c Fix problems with new EXACTLY_TWO_DASHES command line switch option. 2000-12-31 19:56:04 +00:00
mac-ld.r 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
MAINTAINERS add MAINTAINERS files 2000-07-05 19:28:06 +00:00
Makefile.am Add support for x86_64-*-linux-gnu* target 2000-11-30 19:30:33 +00:00
Makefile.in Add support for x86_64-*-linux-gnu* target 2000-11-30 19:30:33 +00:00
mpw-config.in 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
mpw-elfmips.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
mpw-eppcmac.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
mpw-esh.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
mpw-idtmips.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
mpw-make.sed 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
mri.c 2000-10-10 Kazu Hirata <kazu@hxi.com> 2000-10-11 00:16:07 +00:00
mri.h 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
NEWS * NEWS: Add note about x86_64 architecture. 2000-12-11 13:49:46 +00:00
pe-dll.c * pe-dll.c (make_one): Do not generate code thunk for DATA 2000-10-10 03:28:01 +00:00
pe-dll.h Applied Mumit Kha's patch to tweak dll production code. 2000-01-04 23:44:03 +00:00
README 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
stamp-h.in 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
sysdep.h 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00
TODO 19990502 sourceware import 1999-05-03 07:29:11 +00:00

This is the GNU linker.  It is distributed with other "binary
utilities" which should be in ../binutils.  See ../binutils/README for
more general notes, including where to send bug reports.

There are many features of the linker:

* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
  that it uses to read and write object files.  This helps
  insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.

* The linker supports a number of different object file
  formats.  It can even handle multiple formats at once:
  Read two input formats and write a third.

* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.

* The linker supports a control language.

* There is a user manual (ld.texinfo), as well as the
  beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texinfo).

Installation
============

See ../binutils/README.

If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile.

To build just the linker, make the target all-ld from the top level
directory (one directory above this one).

Porting to a new target
=======================

See the ldint.texinfo manual.

Reporting bugs etc
===========================

See ../binutils/README.

Known problems
==============

The Solaris linker normally exports all dynamic symbols from an
executable.  The GNU linker does not do this by default.  This is
because the GNU linker tries to present the same interface for all
similar targets (in this case, all native ELF targets).  This does not
matter for normal programs, but it can make a difference for programs
which try to dlopen an executable, such as PERL or Tcl.  You can make
the GNU linker export all dynamic symbols with the -E or
--export-dynamic command line option.

HP/UX 9.01 has a shell bug that causes the linker scripts to be
generated incorrectly.  The symptom of this appears to be "fatal error
- scanner input buffer overflow" error messages.  There are various
workarounds to this:
  * Build and install bash, and build with "make SHELL=bash".
  * Update to a version of HP/UX with a working shell (e.g., 9.05).
  * Replace "(. ${srcdir}/scripttempl/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sc)" in
    genscripts.sh with "sh ${srcdir}..." (no parens) and make sure the
    emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.