old-cross-binutils/ld
Andreas Jaeger 2a538ba50c gas:
2002-01-18  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

	* as.c (parse_args): Update year.

binutils:
2002-01-18  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

	* version.c (print_version): Update year.

ld:
2002-01-18  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

	* ldver.c (ldversion): Update year.
2002-01-18 11:28:42 +00:00
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emulparams * Makefile.am (eelf64ppc.c, eelf64lppc.c): Depend on ppc64elf.em. 2002-01-16 05:52:38 +00:00
emultempl * Makefile.am (eelf64ppc.c, eelf64lppc.c): Depend on ppc64elf.em. 2002-01-16 05:52:38 +00:00
po Regenerate .pot and .po files 2002-01-17 14:12:08 +00:00
scripttempl * scripttempl/pe.sc: Add support for constructor priorities. 2002-01-16 01:48:43 +00:00
testsuite Add missing 'cp' command 2002-01-15 12:41:00 +00:00
acinclude.m4
aclocal.m4
ChangeLog gas: 2002-01-18 11:28:42 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197
ChangeLog-9899
config.in
configure Add spanish translation files 2002-01-07 17:37:59 +00:00
configure.host * configure.host: Add rules for x86_64-*linux-gnu. Change 2001-12-19 19:58:28 +00:00
configure.in Add spanish translation files 2002-01-07 17:37:59 +00:00
configure.tgt bfd: 2002-01-08 04:23:02 +00:00
deffile.h
deffilep.y Locale changes from Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>. 2001-09-19 05:33:36 +00:00
dep-in.sed
gen-doc.texi Add MMIX support 2001-10-30 15:20:14 +00:00
genscripts.sh 2001-10-05 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> 2001-10-05 16:40:23 +00:00
h8-doc.texi
ld.h 2001-11-01 Chris Demetriou <cgd@broadcom.com> 2001-11-02 01:13:09 +00:00
ld.texinfo Note that --emit-relocs is currently only implemented for ELF. 2002-01-07 17:32:42 +00:00
ldcref.c * ldcref.c (check_section_sym_xref): New function. 2001-07-23 07:54:04 +00:00
ldctor.c Locale changes from Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>. 2001-09-19 05:33:36 +00:00
ldctor.h
ldemul.c Pass argc and argv to ldemul_choose_target. 2001-12-03 23:15:28 +00:00
ldemul.h Pass argc and argv to ldemul_choose_target. 2001-12-03 23:15:28 +00:00
ldexp.c * ldexp.c (exp_print_token): Correct "table" entry for RSHIFT. 2001-12-04 00:10:40 +00:00
ldexp.h
ldfile.c 2001-11-01 Chris Demetriou <cgd@broadcom.com> 2001-11-02 01:13:09 +00:00
ldfile.h
ldgram.y * ldgram.y (vers_node): Support anonymous version tags. 2001-12-18 12:15:35 +00:00
ldint.texinfo * elf-bfd.h (enum elf_reloc_type_class): New. 2001-08-23 15:14:18 +00:00
ldlang.c * ldlang.c (walk_wild_section): Exclude object file if enclosing 2002-01-08 14:56:09 +00:00
ldlang.h * ldlang.c: When traversing lang_statement_union_type lists, 2001-08-20 02:14:50 +00:00
ldlex.h
ldlex.l * ldgram.y (mri_script_command): Surround processing of INCLUDE 2001-10-20 13:49:00 +00:00
ldmain.c * ldmain.c (main): Initialise link_info.eh_frame_hdr. 2001-12-14 13:50:01 +00:00
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c * ldmisc.c (USE_STDARG): Remove. 2001-09-26 01:55:44 +00:00
ldmisc.h * ldmisc.c (USE_STDARG): Remove. 2001-09-26 01:55:44 +00:00
ldver.c gas: 2002-01-18 11:28:42 +00:00
ldver.h * ldver.h (ld_program_version): Remove declaration. 2001-10-02 06:04:23 +00:00
ldwrite.c
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c * lexsup.c (parse_args): Don't pass shortopts to second call to 2001-12-13 09:38:11 +00:00
mac-ld.r
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am * Makefile.am (eelf64ppc.c, eelf64lppc.c): Depend on ppc64elf.em. 2002-01-16 05:52:38 +00:00
Makefile.in * Makefile.am (eelf64ppc.c, eelf64lppc.c): Depend on ppc64elf.em. 2002-01-16 05:52:38 +00:00
mpw-config.in
mpw-elfmips.c Locale changes from Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>. 2001-09-19 05:33:36 +00:00
mpw-eppcmac.c Locale changes from Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>. 2001-09-19 05:33:36 +00:00
mpw-esh.c
mpw-idtmips.c
mpw-make.sed
mri.c * ld.texinfo (Input Section Basics): Clarify ordering of output 2001-08-03 01:11:21 +00:00
mri.h
NEWS Add support for -z nocopyreloc. 2001-10-03 15:11:48 +00:00
pe-dll.c * pe-dll.c (autofilter_objectlist): Add gcrt0.o. 2001-10-19 14:25:51 +00:00
pe-dll.h 2001-09-12 Paul Sokolovsky <Paul.Sokolovsky@technologist.com> 2001-09-12 15:58:10 +00:00
README Change bug reporting email address. 2001-07-19 10:43:13 +00:00
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h
TODO

		README for LD

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.