binutils-gdb/ld
Alan Modra deb04cdb5e * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_layout_sections_again):
New function, extracted from static void gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish.
	(gld${EMULATION_NAME}_strip_empty_sections): Likewise.
	(gld${EMULATION_NAME}_provide_init_fini_syms): Likewise.
	* emultempl/ppc64elf.em: Revert last change.
	(ppc_layout_sections_again): Use
	gld${EMULATION_NAME}_layout_sections_again.
	(ppc_finish): Don't call gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish.  Instead call
	gld${EMULATION_NAME}_strip_empty_sections and
	gld${EMULATION_NAME}_provide_init_fini_syms.
	* emultempl/hppaelf.em: Similarly.
2005-03-29 11:07:38 +00:00
..
emulparams bfd/ 2005-03-16 02:41:28 +00:00
emultempl * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_layout_sections_again): 2005-03-29 11:07:38 +00:00
po Updated French translation 2005-03-24 21:13:03 +00:00
scripttempl bfd/ 2005-03-23 04:14:46 +00:00
testsuite gas/ 2005-03-28 22:34:20 +00:00
acinclude.m4
aclocal.m4 * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am". 2004-09-17 06:15:39 +00:00
ChangeLog * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_layout_sections_again): 2005-03-29 11:07:38 +00:00
ChangeLog-0001
ChangeLog-0203 Restore 2002 ChangeLog history. 2004-04-16 23:56:29 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197
ChangeLog-9899
config.in * config.in: Regenerate. 2005-02-21 11:49:47 +00:00
configure Rename switch to enable/disable -Werror to --enable-werror/--disable-werror 2005-03-16 17:18:17 +00:00
configure.host Accept any C library to accompany a GNU Linux implementation, not just the GNU 2005-03-23 15:35:50 +00:00
configure.in Rename switch to enable/disable -Werror to --enable-werror/--disable-werror 2005-03-16 17:18:17 +00:00
configure.tgt Accept any C library to accompany a GNU Linux implementation, not just the GNU 2005-03-23 15:35:50 +00:00
deffile.h
deffilep.y update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
dep-in.sed
fdl.texi update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
gen-doc.texi
genscripts.sh 2004-10-21 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2004-10-21 15:20:35 +00:00
h8-doc.texi
ld.h bfd/ 2005-03-16 21:52:48 +00:00
ld.texinfo Add a description of how to access linker script defined variables from source 2005-02-01 17:31:01 +00:00
ldcref.c update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
ldctor.c * ldctor.c (ldctor_add_set_entry): Fix comment typo. 2004-10-15 05:54:11 +00:00
ldctor.h
ldemul.c update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
ldemul.h update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
ldexp.c * ldexp.c (exp_fold_tree): Ensure return value is initialized. 2005-03-14 12:29:13 +00:00
ldexp.h * ldexp.h (exp_data_seg): Add min_base and maxpagesize fields. 2004-12-17 15:50:02 +00:00
ldfile.c update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
ldfile.h
ldgram.y * ldgram.y (AS_NEEDED): New token. 2005-01-21 12:04:25 +00:00
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c * ldlang.c (lang_insert_orphan): Use old section_tail rather than 2005-03-18 13:56:26 +00:00
ldlang.h update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
ldlex.h
ldlex.l (YY_NO_UNPUT): Define so that the yy_unput function is not declared. It is not 2005-02-15 14:36:19 +00:00
ldmain.c bfd/ 2005-03-16 21:52:48 +00:00
ldmain.h update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
ldmisc.c update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
ldmisc.h bfd/ 2004-08-13 03:16:01 +00:00
ldver.c update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
ldver.h update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
ldwrite.c * ldexp.c: Warning fixes. 2005-02-22 13:00:26 +00:00
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c bfd/ 2005-03-16 21:52:48 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am * Makefile.am: Remove references to em68klynx.o and esparclynx.o. 2005-03-11 19:55:36 +00:00
Makefile.in * Makefile.am: Remove references to em68klynx.o and esparclynx.o. 2005-03-11 19:55:36 +00:00
mri.c update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
mri.h
NEWS Add cutoff for changes in 2.16 release 2005-03-15 17:49:15 +00:00
pe-dll.c bfd/ 2005-03-02 09:03:58 +00:00
pe-dll.h update copyright dates 2005-03-03 11:52:12 +00:00
README
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h
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.