binutils-gdb/ld
Nick Alcock caf606c90d libtool.m4: fix the NM="/nm/over/here -B/option/with/path" case
My previous nm patch handled all cases but one -- if the user set NM in
the environment to a path which contained an option, libtool's nm
detection tries to run nm against a copy of nm with the options in it:
e.g. if NM was set to "nm --blargle", and nm was found in /usr/bin, the
test would try to run "/usr/bin/nm --blargle /usr/bin/nm --blargle".
This is unlikely to be desirable: in this case we should run
"/usr/bin/nm --blargle /usr/bin/nm".

Furthermore, as part of this nm has to detect when the passed-in $NM
contains a path, and in that case avoid doing a path search itself.
This too was thrown off if an option contained something that looked
like a path, e.g. NM="nm -B../prev-gcc"; libtool then tries to run
"nm -B../prev-gcc nm" which rarely works well (and indeed it looks
to see whether that nm exists, finds it doesn't, and wrongly concludes
that nm -p or whatever does not work).

Fix all of these by clipping all options (defined as everything
including and after the first " -") before deciding whether nm
contains a path (but not using the clipped value for anything else),
and then removing all options from the path-modified nm before
looking to see whether that nm existed.

NM=my-nm now does a path search and runs e.g.
  /usr/bin/my-nm -B /usr/bin/my-nm

NM=/usr/bin/my-nm now avoids a path search and runs e.g.
  /usr/bin/my-nm -B /usr/bin/my-nm

NM="my-nm -p../wombat" now does a path search and runs e.g.
  /usr/bin/my-nm -p../wombat -B /usr/bin/my-nm

NM="../prev-binutils/new-nm -B../prev-gcc" now avoids a path search:
  ../prev-binutils/my-nm -B../prev-gcc -B ../prev-binutils/my-nm

This seems to be all combinations, including those used by GCC bootstrap
(which, before this commit, fails to bootstrap when configured
--with-build-config=bootstrap-lto, because the lto plugin is now using
--export-symbols-regex, which requires libtool to find a working nm,
while also using -B../prev-gcc to point at the lto plugin associated
with the GCC just built.)

Regenerate all affected configure scripts.

	* libtool.m4 (LT_PATH_NM): Handle user-specified NM with
	options, including options containing paths.
2022-03-25 12:02:35 +00:00
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emulparams x86: drop L1OM/K1OM support from ld 2022-03-24 09:38:55 +01:00
emultempl ld: Add a before_plugin_all_symbols_read hook 2022-03-09 18:23:43 -08:00
po x86: drop L1OM/K1OM support from ld 2022-03-24 09:38:55 +01:00
scripttempl Correct .relr.dyn nocombreloc script 2022-01-13 16:39:35 +10:30
testsuite libctf, ld: diagnose corrupted CTF header cth_strlen 2022-03-23 13:48:32 +00:00
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aclocal.m4 unify 64-bit bfd checks 2022-01-01 12:49:07 -05:00
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configure libtool.m4: fix the NM="/nm/over/here -B/option/with/path" case 2022-03-25 12:02:35 +00:00
configure.ac Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
configure.host Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
configure.tgt x86: drop L1OM/K1OM support from ld 2022-03-24 09:38:55 +01:00
deffile.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
deffilep.y Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
dep-in.sed
elf-hints-local.h
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gen-doc.texi Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
genscrba.sh
genscripts.sh Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
h8-doc.texi Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ld.h Revert "PR28824, relro security issues, x86 keep COMMONPAGESIZE relro" 2022-02-14 17:39:34 -08:00
ld.texi Fix typo in ld.texi 2022-02-18 11:42:09 -08:00
ldbuildid.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldbuildid.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldcref.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldctor.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldctor.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldelf.c ld: Add a before_plugin_all_symbols_read hook 2022-03-09 18:23:43 -08:00
ldelf.h ld: Add a before_plugin_all_symbols_read hook 2022-03-09 18:23:43 -08:00
ldelfgen.c elf: Pass need_layout to _bfd_elf_map_sections_to_segments 2022-01-12 05:15:18 -08:00
ldelfgen.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldemul.c ld: Add a before_plugin_all_symbols_read hook 2022-03-09 18:23:43 -08:00
ldemul.h ld: Add a before_plugin_all_symbols_read hook 2022-03-09 18:23:43 -08:00
ldexp.c Revert "PR28824, relro security issues, x86 keep COMMONPAGESIZE relro" 2022-02-14 17:39:34 -08:00
ldexp.h PR28824, relro security issues 2022-02-13 14:00:56 +10:30
ldfile.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldfile.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldgram.y ld: Support customized output section type 2022-02-16 17:41:23 +00:00
ldint.texi Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldlang.c ld: Add a before_plugin_all_symbols_read hook 2022-03-09 18:23:43 -08:00
ldlang.h ld: Support customized output section type 2022-02-16 17:41:23 +00:00
ldlex-wrapper.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldlex.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldlex.l ld: Support customized output section type 2022-02-16 17:41:23 +00:00
ldmain.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldmain.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
ldmisc.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
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ldwrite.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
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lexsup.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
libdep_plugin.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
MAINTAINERS Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
Makefile.am x86: drop L1OM/K1OM support from ld 2022-03-24 09:38:55 +01:00
Makefile.in x86: drop L1OM/K1OM support from ld 2022-03-24 09:38:55 +01:00
mri.c ld: Support customized output section type 2022-02-16 17:41:23 +00:00
mri.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
NEWS x86: mention dropped L1OM/K1OM support in ld/ as well 2022-03-24 15:27:28 +01:00
pe-dll.c Fix multiple problems with DLL generation. 2022-01-11 15:43:59 +00:00
pe-dll.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
pep-dll.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
pep-dll.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
plugin.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
plugin.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
README Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
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testplug2.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
testplug3.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
testplug4.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
testplug.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2022-01-02 12:04:28 +10:30
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		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
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* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.

* The linker supports a control language.

* There is a user manual (ld.texi), as well as the
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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.texi 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
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