* ld.texinfo (Options): Mention .so extensions for shared

libraries.
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Ian Lance Taylor 1996-10-07 21:30:26 +00:00
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Mon Oct 7 17:29:05 1996 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
* ld.texinfo (Options): Mention .so extensions for shared
libraries.
Sun Oct 6 22:35:36 1996 Jason Merrill <jason@yorick.cygnus.com>
* scripttempl/elf{,mips,ppc}.sc: Add DWARF 2 sections.

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@ -389,8 +389,14 @@ Perform an incremental link (same as option @samp{-r}).
Add archive file @var{archive} to the list of files to link. This
option may be used any number of times. @code{ld} will search its
path-list for occurrences of @code{lib@var{archive}.a} for every
@var{archive} specified. File extensions other than @code{.a} may be
used on certain systems.
@var{archive} specified.
On systems which support shared libraries, @code{ld} may also search for
libraries with extensions other than @code{.a}. Specifically, on ELF
and SunOS systems, @code{ld} will search a directory for a library with
an extension of @code{.so} before searching for one with an extension of
@code{.a}. By convention, a @code{.so} extension indicates a shared
library.
The linker will search an archive only once, at the location where it is
specified on the command line. If the archive defines a symbol which