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emulparams bfd/ 2008-05-07 14:46:44 +00:00
emultempl * emultempl/spuelf.em (spu_elf_relink): Correct --no-auto-overlay arg. 2008-06-04 07:08:01 +00:00
po * po/POTFILES.in: Regenerate. 2008-04-08 06:12:32 +00:00
scripttempl [patch]: ctor/dtor section must start at alignment of 8 for x86_64-pc-mingw32. 2008-04-18 09:06:22 +00:00
testsuite PR ld/6430 2008-05-31 16:35:56 +00:00
aclocal.m4 bfd/ 2008-04-23 16:11:47 +00:00
ChangeLog * ld.texinfo (Orphan Sections): Fix texi typo. 2008-06-04 10:07:22 +00:00
ChangeLog-0001
ChangeLog-0203
ChangeLog-2004
ChangeLog-2005
ChangeLog-2006
ChangeLog-2007 Move 2007 ChangeLog entries to ChangeLog-2007. 2008-01-02 21:41:02 +00:00
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config.in Multi-GOT support for m68k. 2008-05-21 12:01:37 +00:00
configure Multi-GOT support for m68k. 2008-05-21 12:01:37 +00:00
configure.host Add support for i386-dragonfly target. 2007-08-28 11:02:55 +00:00
configure.in Multi-GOT support for m68k. 2008-05-21 12:01:37 +00:00
configure.tgt 2008-04-25 Michael Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> 2008-04-26 01:10:55 +00:00
deffile.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
deffilep.y Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
dep-in.sed
elf-hints-local.h 2007-08-10 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2007-08-10 12:25:30 +00:00
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi Multi-GOT support for m68k. 2008-05-21 12:01:37 +00:00
genscrba.sh ld: 2008-01-11 09:11:18 +00:00
genscripts.sh PR ld/5652 2008-01-28 11:07:44 +00:00
h8-doc.texi
ld.h PR ld/6430 2008-05-31 16:35:56 +00:00
ld.texinfo * ld.texinfo (Orphan Sections): Fix texi typo. 2008-06-04 10:07:22 +00:00
ldcref.c include/ 2008-02-15 03:35:53 +00:00
ldctor.c include/ 2008-02-15 03:35:53 +00:00
ldctor.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldemul.c include/ 2008-02-15 03:35:53 +00:00
ldemul.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldexp.c * ldexp.c (exp_print_token): Add ABSOLUTE, MIN_K, ASSERT_K. Correct 2008-05-07 14:30:41 +00:00
ldexp.h bfd/ 2007-09-18 00:25:07 +00:00
ldfile.c include/ 2008-02-15 03:35:53 +00:00
ldfile.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldgram.y ld/ 2008-01-25 12:03:37 +00:00
ldint.texinfo PR linker/4844 2007-10-01 09:54:58 +00:00
ldlang.c PR ld/6430 2008-05-31 16:35:56 +00:00
ldlang.h ld/ 2008-01-25 12:03:37 +00:00
ldlex.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldlex.l ld/ 2008-01-25 12:03:37 +00:00
ldmain.c include/ 2008-02-15 03:35:53 +00:00
ldmain.h include/ 2008-02-15 03:35:53 +00:00
ldmisc.c include/ 2008-02-15 03:35:53 +00:00
ldmisc.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldver.c Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldver.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldwrite.c include/ 2008-02-15 03:35:53 +00:00
ldwrite.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
lexsup.c * lexsup.c (option_values): Add OPTION_NO_WARN_FATAL. 2008-06-04 09:45:05 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am The sha1 code is now in libiberty. 2008-03-25 04:54:03 +00:00
Makefile.in update dependencies 2008-05-14 06:45:42 +00:00
mri.c Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
mri.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
NEWS PR ld/6430 2008-05-31 16:35:56 +00:00
pe-dll.c 2008-05-27 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2008-05-27 08:34:26 +00:00
pe-dll.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
pep-dll.c Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
pep-dll.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
README
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sysdep.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
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
or using the --with-lib-path configure switch.

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.