binutils-gdb/ld
Benjamin Drung b0cc81e870 ld: Support percent-encoded JSON in --package-metadata
Specifying the compiler flag `-Wl,--package-metadata=<JSON>` will not
work in case the JSON contains a comma, because compiler drivers eat
commas. Example:

```
$ echo "void main() { }" > test.c
$ gcc '-Wl,--package-metadata={"type":"deb","os":"ubuntu"}' test.c
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find "os":"ubuntu"}: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
```

The quotation marks in the JSON value do not work well with shell nor
make. Specifying the `--package-metadata` linker flag in a `LDFLAGS`
environment variable might loose its quotation marks when it hits the
final compiler call.

So support percent-encoded and %[string] encoded JSON data in the
`--package-metadata` linker flag. Percent-encoding is used because it is
a standard, simple to implement, and does take too many additional
characters. %[string] encoding is supported for having a more readable
encoding.

Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32003
Bug-Ubutru: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2071468
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Drung <benjamin.drung@canonical.com>
2024-11-18 11:38:25 +01:00
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scripttempl ld: Move note sections after .rodata section 2024-11-11 19:47:44 +08:00
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config.in Replace uses of asprintf with xasprintf 2024-10-24 17:58:00 +10:30
configure Replace uses of asprintf with xasprintf 2024-10-24 17:58:00 +10:30
configure.ac Replace uses of asprintf with xasprintf 2024-10-24 17:58:00 +10:30
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elf-hints-local.h
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genscrba.sh
genscripts.sh
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ld.texi ld: Support percent-encoded JSON in --package-metadata 2024-11-18 11:38:25 +01:00
ldbuildid.c ld: support --build-id=xx mode 2024-09-24 09:59:42 -04:00
ldbuildid.h
ldcref.c
ldctor.c
ldctor.h
ldelf.c PR32300, --dependency-file: link dependencies are not all collected 2024-10-26 10:25:38 +10:30
ldelf.h
ldelfgen.c
ldelfgen.h
ldemul.c
ldemul.h
ldexp.c
ldexp.h
ldfile.c PR32300, --dependency-file: link dependencies are not all collected 2024-10-26 10:25:38 +10:30
ldfile.h PR32300, --dependency-file: link dependencies are not all collected 2024-10-26 10:25:38 +10:30
ldgram.y PR32300, --dependency-file: link dependencies are not all collected 2024-10-26 10:25:38 +10:30
ldint.texi
ldlang.c Replace uses of asprintf with xasprintf 2024-10-24 17:58:00 +10:30
ldlang.h PR32300, --dependency-file: link dependencies are not all collected 2024-10-26 10:25:38 +10:30
ldlex-wrapper.c
ldlex.h ld/ELF: Add --image-base command line option to the ELF linker 2024-10-29 19:38:39 +10:30
ldlex.l
ldmain.c PR 32359, --dependency-file: wrong error message if fopen fails 2024-11-16 10:07:12 +10:30
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c ld: Support percent-encoded JSON in --package-metadata 2024-11-18 11:38:25 +01:00
ldmisc.h ld: Support percent-encoded JSON in --package-metadata 2024-11-18 11:38:25 +01:00
ldver.c
ldver.h
ldwrite.c
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c ld/ELF: Add --image-base command line option to the ELF linker 2024-10-29 19:38:39 +10:30
libdep_plugin.c
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Makefile.in
mri.c
mri.h
NEWS ld: Support percent-encoded JSON in --package-metadata 2024-11-18 11:38:25 +01:00
pdb.c ld: fix -std=gnu23 compatibility wrt _Bool 2024-11-18 03:09:16 +00:00
pdb.h ld/pdb: Handle DEBUG_S_INLINEELINES data 2024-09-24 02:33:08 +01:00
pe-dll.c Replace uses of asprintf with xasprintf 2024-10-24 17:58:00 +10:30
pe-dll.h
pep-dll-aarch64.c
pep-dll-x86_64.c
pep-dll.c
pep-dll.h
plugin.c PR32300, --dependency-file: link dependencies are not all collected 2024-10-26 10:25:38 +10:30
plugin.h
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sysdep.h
testplug2.c
testplug3.c
testplug4.c
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