* ld.texinfo (Options): Document changes to option syntax.
* Makefile.in: Update dependencies.
* ldver.c (help): Tweak dashes in usage message.
* ldgram.y (%union): Remove unused members.
Remove %tokens for command line options; add ones for input types.
(command_line): Rules removed.
(file): Instead of command line, recognize an
input type indicator, then use the nonterminal for that type.
(defsym_expr): New nonterminal from code formerly in command_line.
* ldlex.h: Declare parser input type enum and variable.
Don't declare parse_line.
* ldlex.l: Remove unused variables. Make some used ones static
and comment them.
(COMMAND): Start state and its rules removed.
At start of yylex, return input state token if at start of input.
(lex_redirect): Don't need to set yyout.
(ldlex_command): Function removed.
* ldmain.c (main): Instead of calling parse_line, set up the
redirections and call yyparse directly.
* ldmisc.c (vfinfo): If there's no input filename, print nothing, not
"command line".
* lexsup.c: Remove #if 0'd code.
(parse_line): Function removed.
(parse_args): Rewrite to use getopt_long_only.
(set_default_dirlist): New function from code formerly in
ldgram.y:command_line.
(set_section_start): New function.
* emultempl/generic.em, emultempl/gld960.em, emultempl/hppaelf.em,
emultempl/lnk960.em, emultempl/m88kbcs.em: Don't enclose
compiled-in link scripts in "{" and "}", as the grammar no longer
wants them to be.
This is a BETA release of a completely rewritten 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 new 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 support 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 contains a control language.
* There is a manual.
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.
Porting to a new target
=======================
A new target configuration may need a new linker script (.sc file)
to specify linker actions (such as the layout of the output).
See if one of the existing ones are suitable.
Note that the Makefile generates variants of the standard script
that are used when ld is passed -r -Ur -N or -n options.
These variant default scripts are generated from the "master"
script using sed scripts that may not work in all cases.
Look at the rules and comments in ld/Makefile.in to make sure
you stay with the rules.
Otherwise, you may need to add a new "emulation" (a sample of a
recently added target and emulation is for the SOny 68k News
family - look for files named *news*).
Also see the notes in ../binutils/README.
Reporting bugs etc
===========================
See ../binutils/README.
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