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doc 2002-03-07 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> 2002-03-08 05:42:15 +00:00
po Updated French translations 2002-03-13 10:35:17 +00:00
testsuite Display 2nd and 3rd reloc types for 64-bit MIPS. 2002-02-20 10:32:47 +00:00
acinclude.m4
aclocal.m4
addr2line.c Tidy up formatting of --help output. 2002-01-23 16:12:56 +00:00
ar.c Tidy up formatting of --help output. 2002-01-23 16:12:56 +00:00
arlex.l * arlex.l: Silence compile warnings. 2001-12-04 14:29:11 +00:00
arparse.y
arsup.c * arlex.l: Accept `\' in filenames. Patch by <earl_chew@agilent.com>. 2001-11-05 16:20:37 +00:00
arsup.h * arlex.l: Silence compile warnings. 2001-12-04 14:29:11 +00:00
bucomm.c 2001-11-29 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> 2001-11-29 18:51:21 +00:00
bucomm.h * bucomm.c (list_supported_architectures): New function. 2001-07-29 05:31:43 +00:00
budbg.h
ChangeLog Updated French translations 2002-03-13 10:35:17 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197 Fix some entries. 2001-05-28 10:37:50 +00:00
ChangeLog-9899
coffdump.c 2002-02-10 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> 2002-02-10 18:47:48 +00:00
coffgrok.c * coffgrok.h: Add missing parameter for prototype of coff_grok. 2001-08-21 10:02:27 +00:00
coffgrok.h * coffgrok.h: Add missing parameter for prototype of coff_grok. 2001-08-21 10:02:27 +00:00
config.in * strings.c: Include config.h before bfd.h. 2001-12-04 10:11:22 +00:00
configure * configure: Regenerate. 2002-02-11 05:08:42 +00:00
configure.com
configure.in Add Spanish Translation 2002-01-14 13:10:20 +00:00
debug.c
debug.h
deflex.l
defparse.y
dep-in.sed
dlltool.c Take into account --kill-at (-k) while generating .exp file. 2002-03-01 15:34:32 +00:00
dlltool.h
dllwrap.c Tidy up formatting of --help output. 2002-01-23 16:12:56 +00:00
filemode.c
ieee.c
is-ranlib.c
is-strip.c
mac-binutils.r
MAINTAINERS * MAINTAINERS: Added self as MN10300 co-maintainer. 2002-02-12 09:50:55 +00:00
Makefile.am Run "make dep-am" 2002-02-01 03:26:35 +00:00
Makefile.in Run "make dep-am" 2002-02-01 03:26:35 +00:00
makefile.vms-in
maybe-ranlib.c
maybe-strip.c
mpw-config.in
mpw-make.sed
NEWS Mark 2.12 branch 2002-02-20 10:46:54 +00:00
nlmconv.c 2002-02-10 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> 2002-02-11 02:41:16 +00:00
nlmconv.h
nlmheader.y Update copyright date from last commit. 2002-02-10 19:00:00 +00:00
nm.c 2002-01-29 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> 2002-01-30 05:00:07 +00:00
not-ranlib.c
not-strip.c
objcopy.c * configure: Regenerate. 2002-02-11 05:08:42 +00:00
objdump.c 2002-01-29 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> 2002-01-29 16:46:37 +00:00
prdbg.c
ranlib.sh
rclex.l Locale changes from Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>. 2001-09-19 05:33:36 +00:00
rcparse.y Locale changes from Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>. 2001-09-19 05:33:36 +00:00
rdcoff.c
rddbg.c
readelf.c Fix typo. 2002-02-21 22:39:19 +00:00
README 2002-03-07 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> 2002-03-08 06:05:18 +00:00
rename.c
resbin.c
rescoff.c
resrc.c Locale changes from Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>. 2001-09-19 05:33:36 +00:00
resres.c * resres.c (write_res_header): Align header size. 2001-07-17 03:14:49 +00:00
sanity.sh
size.c 2002-01-29 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> 2002-01-29 16:46:37 +00:00
srconv.c Tidy up formatting of --help output. 2002-01-23 16:12:56 +00:00
stabs.c Locale changes from Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>. 2001-09-19 05:33:36 +00:00
stamp-h.in
strings.c Tidy up formatting of --help output. 2002-01-23 16:12:56 +00:00
sysdump.c Tidy up formatting of --help output. 2002-01-23 16:12:56 +00:00
sysinfo.y * coffgrok.h: Add missing parameter for prototype of coff_grok. 2001-08-21 10:02:27 +00:00
syslex.l
sysroff.info
unwind-ia64.c 2002-01-29 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> 2002-01-29 16:54:04 +00:00
unwind-ia64.h
version.c gas: 2002-01-18 11:28:42 +00:00
windres.c Tidy up formatting of --help output. 2002-01-23 16:12:56 +00:00
windres.h * rcparse.y (styles): use SUBLANG_SHIFT instead of 8 (or the more 2001-07-17 01:19:19 +00:00
winduni.c Locale changes from Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>. 2001-09-19 05:33:36 +00:00
winduni.h
wrstabs.c Locale changes from Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>. 2001-09-19 05:33:36 +00:00

		README for BINUTILS

These are the GNU binutils.  These are utilities of use when dealing
with binary files, either object files or executables.  These tools
consist of the linker (ld), the assembler (gas), and the profiler
(gprof) each of which have their own sub-directory named after them.
There is also a collection of other binary tools, including the
disassembler (objdump) in this directory.  These tools make use of a
pair of libraries (bfd and opcodes) and a common set of header files
(include).

There are README and NEWS files in most of the program sub-directories
which give more information about those specific programs.


Unpacking and Installation -- quick overview
============================================

When you unpack the binutils archive file, you will get a directory
called something like `binutils-XXX', where XXX is the number of the
release.  (Probably 2.12 or higher).  This directory contains
various files and sub-directories.  Most of the files in the top
directory are for information and for configuration.  The actual
source code is in sub-directories.

To build binutils, you can just do:

	cd binutils-XXX
	./configure [options]
	make
	make install # copies the programs files into /usr/local/bin
		     # by default.

This will configure and build all the libraries as well as the
assembler, the binutils, and the linker.

If you have GNU make, we recommend building in a different directory:

	mkdir objdir
	cd objdir
	../binutils-XXX/configure [options]
	make
	make install

This relies on the VPATH feature of GNU make.

By default, the binutils will be configured to support the system on
which they are built.  When doing cross development, use the --target
configure option to specify a different target, eg:

	./configure --target=foo-elf        

The --enable-targets option adds support for more binary file formats
besides the default.  List them as the argument to --enable-targets,
separated by commas.  For example:

	./configure --enable-targets=sun3,rs6000-aix,decstation

The name 'all' compiles in support for all valid BFD targets:

	./configure --enable-targets=all

On 32-bit hosts though, this support will be restricted to 32-bit
target unless the --enable-64-bit-bfd option is also used:

	./configure --enable-64-bit-bfd --enable-targets=all
	
You can also specify the --enable-shared option when you run
configure.  This will build the BFD and opcodes libraries as shared
libraries.  You can use arguments with the --enable-shared option to
indicate that only certain libraries should be built shared; for
example, --enable-shared=bfd.  The only potential shared libraries in
a binutils release are bfd and opcodes.

The binutils will be linked against the shared libraries.  The build
step will attempt to place the correct library in the run-time search
path for the binaries.  However, in some cases, after you install the
binaries, you may have to set an environment variable, normally
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, so that the system can find the installed libbfd
shared library.

To build under openVMS/AXP, see the file makefile.vms in the top level
directory.


If you don't have ar
====================

If your system does not already have an 'ar' program, the normal
binutils build process will not work.  In this case, run configure as
usual.  Before running make, run this script:

#!/bin/sh
MAKE_PROG="${MAKE-make}"
MAKE="${MAKE_PROG} AR=true LINK=true"
export MAKE
${MAKE} $* all-libiberty
${MAKE} $* all-intl
${MAKE} $* all-bfd
cd binutils
MAKE="${MAKE_PROG}"
export MAKE
${MAKE} $* ar_DEPENDENCIES= ar_LDADD='../bfd/*.o `cat ../libiberty/required-list ../libiberty/needed-list | sed -e "s,\([^ ][^ ]*\),../libiberty/\1,g"` `if test -f ../intl/gettext.o; then echo '../intl/*.o'; fi`' ar

This script will build an ar program in binutils/ar.  Move binutils/ar
into a directory on your PATH.  After doing this, you can run make as
usual to build the complete binutils distribution.  You do not need
the ranlib program in order to build the distribution.

Porting
=======

Binutils-2.12 supports many different architectures, but there
are many more not supported, including some that were supported
by earlier versions.  We are hoping for volunteers to improve this
situation.

The major effort in porting binutils to a new host and/or target
architecture involves the BFD library.  There is some documentation
in ../bfd/doc.  The file ../gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo (distributed
with gdb-5.x) may also be of help.

Reporting bugs
==============

Send bug reports and patches to:

   bug-binutils@gnu.org.

Always mention the version number you are running; this is printed by
running any of the binutils with the --version option.  We appreciate
reports about bugs, but we do not promise to fix them.

VMS
===

This section was written by Klaus K"ampf <kkaempf@rmi.de>.  It
describes how to build and install the binutils on openVMS (Alpha and
Vax).  (The BFD library only supports reading Vax object files.)

Compiling the release:

To compile the gnu binary utilities and the gnu assembler, you'll
need DEC C or GNU C for openVMS/Alpha. You'll need *both* compilers
on openVMS/Vax.

Compiling with either DEC C or GNU C works on openVMS/Alpha only. Some
of the opcodes and binutils files trap a bug in the DEC C optimizer,
so these files must be compiled with /noopt.

Compiling on openVMS/Vax is a bit complicated, as the bfd library traps
a bug in GNU C and the gnu assembler a bug in (my version of) DEC C.

I never tried compiling with VAX C.


You further need GNU Make Version 3.76 or later. This is available
at ftp.progis.de or any GNU archive site. The makefiles assume that
gmake starts gnu make as a foreign command.

If you're compiling with DEC C or VAX C, you must run

  $ @setup

before starting gnu-make. This isn't needed with GNU C.

On the Alpha you can choose the compiler by editing the toplevel
makefile.vms. Either select CC=cc (for DEC C) or CC=gcc (for GNU C)


Installing the release

Provided that your directory setup conforms to the GNU on openVMS
standard, you already have a concealed device named 'GNU_ROOT'.
In this case, a simple

 $ gmake install

suffices to copy all programs and libraries to the proper directories.

Define the programs as foreign commands by adding these lines to your
login.com:

  $ gas :== $GNU_ROOT:[bin]as.exe
  $ size :== $GNU_ROOT:[bin]size.exe
  $ nm :== $GNU_ROOT:[bin]nm.exe
  $ objdump :== $GNU_ROOT:[bin]objdump.exe
  $ strings :== $GNU_ROOT:[bin]strings.exe

If you have a different directory setup, copy the binary utilities
([.binutils]size.exe, [.binutils]nm.exe, [.binutils]objdump.exe,
and [.binutils]strings.exe) and the gnu assembler and preprocessor
([.gas]as.exe and [.gas]gasp.exe]) to a directory of your choice
and define all programs as foreign commands.


If you're satisfied with the compilation, you may want to remove
unneeded objects and libraries:

  $ gmake clean


If you have any problems or questions about the binutils on VMS, feel
free to mail me at kkaempf@rmi.de.