binutils-gdb/ld
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emulparams * ldmain.c (main): Flush stdout before and stderr after printing 2011-01-14 12:37:17 +00:00
emultempl * ldmain.c (main): Flush stdout before and stderr after printing 2011-01-14 12:37:17 +00:00
po * po/da.po: Updated Danish translation. 2011-01-10 13:51:10 +00:00
scripttempl Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY. 2010-12-15 14:56:40 +00:00
testsuite Replace n32 with x32. 2011-01-15 00:38:35 +00:00
.gitignore bfd/binutils/gas/gprof/ld/libiberty/opcodes: add .gitignore 2010-12-09 09:03:18 +00:00
aclocal.m4
ChangeLog * ldmain.c (main): Flush stdout before and stderr after printing 2011-01-14 12:37:17 +00:00
ChangeLog-0001
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ChangeLog-2010 Rotate binutils ChangeLogs. 2011-01-01 16:43:53 +00:00
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config.in Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY. 2010-12-15 14:56:40 +00:00
configure Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY. 2010-12-15 14:56:40 +00:00
configure.host Adjust URLs. 2010-12-21 11:00:48 +00:00
configure.in Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY. 2010-12-15 14:56:40 +00:00
configure.tgt bfd/ 2010-12-31 11:01:00 +00:00
deffile.h
deffilep.y
dep-in.sed
elf-hints-local.h
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi
genscrba.sh
genscripts.sh Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY. 2010-12-15 14:56:40 +00:00
h8-doc.texi
ld.h Update copyright dates. 2011-01-13 13:34:54 +00:00
ld.texinfo Update copyright dates. 2011-01-13 13:34:54 +00:00
ldcref.c
ldctor.c PR ld/12356 2011-01-13 13:06:22 +00:00
ldctor.h
ldemul.c Update copyright dates. 2011-01-13 13:34:54 +00:00
ldemul.h
ldexp.c PR ld/12356 2011-01-13 13:29:55 +00:00
ldexp.h PR ld/12356 2011-01-13 13:29:55 +00:00
ldfile.c Replace is_archive with maybe_archive. 2010-12-06 00:07:06 +00:00
ldfile.h
ldgram.y PR ld/12356 2011-01-13 13:29:55 +00:00
ldint.texinfo Add directory section for info document. 2010-10-28 11:40:26 +00:00
ldlang.c PR ld/12339 2011-01-14 02:18:22 +00:00
ldlang.h Update copyright dates. 2011-01-13 13:34:54 +00:00
ldlex-wrapper.c
ldlex.h
ldlex.l Update copyright dates. 2011-01-13 13:34:54 +00:00
ldmain.c * ldmain.c (main): Flush stdout before and stderr after printing 2011-01-14 12:37:17 +00:00
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c * ldmain.c (main): Flush stdout before and stderr after printing 2011-01-14 12:37:17 +00:00
ldmisc.h
ldver.c Update copyright in comments to 2011. 2011-01-01 21:42:17 +00:00
ldver.h
ldwrite.c
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c Add -flto and -flto-partition=. 2010-12-06 23:35:13 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am * Makefile.am: Sort emulation rules. 2011-01-14 02:03:42 +00:00
Makefile.in * Makefile.am: Sort emulation rules. 2011-01-14 02:03:42 +00:00
mri.c PR ld/12356 2011-01-13 13:06:22 +00:00
mri.h
NEWS Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY. 2010-12-15 14:56:40 +00:00
pe-dll.c
pe-dll.h
pep-dll.c
pep-dll.h
plugin.c * ldmain.c (main): Flush stdout before and stderr after printing 2011-01-14 12:37:17 +00:00
plugin.h Call xatexit with plugin_call_cleanup. 2010-12-06 12:44:51 +00:00
README
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h
testplug.c Remove the trailing `\n' from TV_MESSAGE. 2010-12-06 20:59:20 +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.