binutils-gdb/ld
Nick Clifton 98872a7c39 * pe-dll.c (auto_export): Use bsearch to speed up scan of exports
table.
	(process_def_file_and_drectve): Maintain sorting of exports table
	after stripping leading @ signs.
2012-02-11 19:25:12 +00:00
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emulparams Support arch-dependent fill 2012-01-31 17:54:39 +00:00
emultempl bfd/ 2012-01-11 09:28:45 +00:00
po * po/it.po: New Italian translation. 2011-12-13 13:33:21 +00:00
scripttempl Support arch-dependent fill 2012-01-31 17:54:39 +00:00
testsuite Don't use multi byte nop instructions for i386 2012-02-09 22:51:58 +00:00
.gitignore
aclocal.m4
ChangeLog * pe-dll.c (auto_export): Use bsearch to speed up scan of exports 2012-02-11 19:25:12 +00:00
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ChangeLog-2011 Rotate ChangeLogs 2012-01-05 10:09:39 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197
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config.in Regenerate. 2011-06-06 14:51:42 +00:00
configure binutils/ 2012-01-10 00:02:47 +00:00
configure.host
configure.in binutils/ 2012-01-10 00:02:47 +00:00
configure.tgt * Makefile.am (ALL_64_EMULATION_SOURCES): Add powerpc64-*-freebsd 2011-11-21 13:22:46 +00:00
deffile.h
deffilep.y
dep-in.sed
elf-hints-local.h
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi
genscrba.sh
genscripts.sh
h8-doc.texi
ld.h Implement ld --print-output-format. 2011-07-16 07:58:40 +00:00
ld.texinfo bfd/ 2012-01-11 09:28:45 +00:00
ldcref.c
ldctor.c
ldctor.h
ldemul.c
ldemul.h
ldexp.c * ldlang.c (print_assignment): Use the symbol's section if we 2011-05-16 11:34:48 +00:00
ldexp.h PR ld/12726 2011-05-03 14:56:14 +00:00
ldfile.c
ldfile.h
ldgram.y * ldgram.y (input_section_spec_no_keep): Don't ignore sect_flags. 2012-02-09 05:26:13 +00:00
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c Support arch-dependent fill 2012-01-31 17:54:39 +00:00
ldlang.h * ld/ldlang.c (insert_pad): Change alignment_needed argument to 2011-11-15 18:22:27 +00:00
ldlex-wrapper.c
ldlex.h
ldlex.l include/ChangeLog 2011-07-11 15:03:09 +00:00
ldmain.c * ldmain.c (main): Move code twiddling various config and link_info 2011-10-10 12:43:14 +00:00
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c * ldmisc.c (vfinfo): Add %H. 2011-05-23 06:13:35 +00:00
ldmisc.h
ldver.c Update copyright message year. 2012-01-17 00:07:04 +00:00
ldver.h
ldwrite.c Support arch-dependent fill 2012-01-31 17:54:39 +00:00
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c * ldmain.c (main): Move code twiddling various config and link_info 2011-10-10 12:43:14 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am * Makefile.am (ALL_64_EMULATION_SOURCES): Add powerpc64-*-freebsd 2011-11-21 13:22:46 +00:00
Makefile.in * Makefile.am (ALL_64_EMULATION_SOURCES): Add powerpc64-*-freebsd 2011-11-21 13:22:46 +00:00
mri.c include/ChangeLog 2011-07-11 15:03:09 +00:00
mri.h
NEWS 2011-11-02 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> 2011-11-02 16:28:31 +00:00
pe-dll.c * pe-dll.c (auto_export): Use bsearch to speed up scan of exports 2012-02-11 19:25:12 +00:00
pe-dll.h
pep-dll.c
pep-dll.h
plugin.c PR ld/13287 2011-10-20 09:50:59 +00:00
plugin.h PR ld/13287 2011-10-20 09:50:59 +00:00
README
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h
testplug.c PR ld/13329 2011-10-06 10:07:17 +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.