binutils-gdb/ld
Nick Clifton e2a83dd0ec PR linker/4844
* genscript.sh: Add support for generating a .xa script for use with the --auto-import option.
* ld.texinfo: Document the new behaviour of the --auto-import option.
* ldint.texinfo: Document new script generation.
* emulparams/i386pe.sh (GENERATE_AUTO_IMPORT): Define.
* emulparams/i386pe_posix.sh (GENERATE_AUTO_IMPORT): Define.
* emulparams/i386pep.sh (GENERATE_AUTO_IMPORT): Define.
* emultemp/pe.em (..._get_script): Support the use of the auto import script.
* scripttempl/pe.sc: Put the .rdata input sections into the .data output section when creating an auto import script.
* scripttempl/pep.sc: Likewise.
2007-10-01 09:54:58 +00:00
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emulparams PR linker/4844 2007-10-01 09:54:58 +00:00
emultempl PR linker/4844 2007-10-01 09:54:58 +00:00
po Updated Spanish translation 2007-09-17 14:06:03 +00:00
scripttempl PR linker/4844 2007-10-01 09:54:58 +00:00
testsuite 2007-09-30 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> 2007-09-30 15:26:43 +00:00
aclocal.m4 Regenerate files. 2007-07-02 07:12:53 +00:00
ChangeLog PR linker/4844 2007-10-01 09:54:58 +00:00
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ChangeLog-0203
ChangeLog-2004
ChangeLog-2005
ChangeLog-2006 Move 2006 ChangeLog entries to ChangeLog-2006. 2007-01-09 14:29:31 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197
ChangeLog-9899
config.in Regenerate files. 2007-07-02 07:12:53 +00:00
configure * configure.in (ALL_LINGUAS): Add fi. 2007-08-12 18:59:46 +00:00
configure.host Add support for i386-dragonfly target. 2007-08-28 11:02:55 +00:00
configure.in * configure.in (ALL_LINGUAS): Add fi. 2007-08-12 18:59:46 +00:00
configure.tgt Add support for i386-dragonfly target. 2007-08-28 11:02:55 +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 bfd/ 2007-04-30 14:06:40 +00:00
genscripts.sh PR linker/4844 2007-10-01 09:54:58 +00:00
h8-doc.texi
ld.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ld.texinfo PR linker/4844 2007-10-01 09:54:58 +00:00
ldcref.c Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldctor.c Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldctor.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldemul.c Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldemul.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldexp.c bfd/ 2007-09-18 00:25:07 +00:00
ldexp.h bfd/ 2007-09-18 00:25:07 +00:00
ldfile.c Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldfile.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldgram.y Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldint.texinfo PR linker/4844 2007-10-01 09:54:58 +00:00
ldlang.c bfd/ 2007-09-18 00:25:07 +00:00
ldlang.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldlex.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldlex.l Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldmain.c Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldmain.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
ldmisc.c Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +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 * ldwrite.c (build_link_order <lang_padding_statement_enum>): Correct 2007-09-08 11:04:28 +00:00
ldwrite.h Update sources to GPLv3 2007-07-06 14:09:45 +00:00
lexsup.c * ldexp.c (exp_get_vma, exp_get_fill): Canonicalise error messages. 2007-08-17 13:23:08 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am 2007-08-10 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2007-08-10 12:36:21 +00:00
Makefile.in 2007-08-10 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2007-08-10 12:36:21 +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 Add a marker for the 2.18 features. 2007-08-10 13:21:40 +00:00
pe-dll.c * emultempl/pep.em: (pep_enable_stdcall_fixup): Set to value 1. 2007-08-06 14:32:08 +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
sha1.c * sha1.h: Change to use version 3 of the GNU General Public License and tidy up formatting. 2007-07-21 08:55:49 +00:00
sha1.h 2007-08-10 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2007-08-10 12:25:30 +00:00
stamp-h.in
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.