binutils-gdb/ld
DJ Delorie 0ad8cf4c25 * src/ld/emultempl/pe.em (gld_*_open_dynamic_archive): New search
order for dynamic library '-lfoo' on pei386: libfoo.dll.a,
foo.dll.a, libfoo.a, libfoo.dll, foo.dll. This fixes compatibility
errors introduced by the old dynamic lib search order.
2000-07-17 18:59:58 +00:00
..
emulparams hppaelf.em: Merge from elf32.em and implement multiple linker stubs. 2000-07-09 08:45:29 +00:00
emultempl * src/ld/emultempl/pe.em (gld_*_open_dynamic_archive): New search 2000-07-17 18:59:58 +00:00
po Applied Stephane Carrez <Stephane.Carrez@worldnet.fr> patches to add support 2000-06-19 01:22:44 +00:00
scripttempl Support the g++ attribute init_priority in gcc 2.95.2 and later. 2000-07-12 16:41:29 +00:00
testsuite 2000-07-16 H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org) 2000-07-16 21:29:32 +00:00
ChangeLog * src/ld/emultempl/pe.em (gld_*_open_dynamic_archive): New search 2000-07-17 18:59:58 +00:00
MAINTAINERS add MAINTAINERS files 2000-07-05 19:28:06 +00:00
Makefile.am hppaelf.em: Merge from elf32.em and implement multiple linker stubs. 2000-07-09 08:45:29 +00:00
Makefile.in hppaelf.em: Merge from elf32.em and implement multiple linker stubs. 2000-07-09 08:45:29 +00:00
NEWS arm-elf does --gc-sections too. 2000-06-24 04:48:41 +00:00
README
TODO
acinclude.m4
aclocal.m4 rebuild with current tools 2000-02-27 16:55:52 +00:00
config.in Wed Nov 3 23:31:19 1999 Jeffrey A Law (law@cygnus.com) 1999-11-04 06:45:07 +00:00
configure 2000-06-13 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> 2000-06-13 19:11:54 +00:00
configure.host Fix just added ia64-linux support to conform with others. 2000-05-02 00:58:51 +00:00
configure.in * configure.in (VERSION): Update to show this is the CVS mainline. 2000-06-08 19:00:02 +00:00
configure.tgt Warning fix and remove extraneous hppa*-*-linux-gnu*. 2000-07-10 17:15:11 +00:00
deffile.h * pe-dll.h: New file. 1999-09-12 15:27:48 +00:00
deffilep.y Added year 2000 copyright notice 2000-01-04 23:33:29 +00:00
dep-in.sed Match space at start of file name, not end. 2000-04-20 02:13:01 +00:00
gen-doc.texi tic54x/ibmc54xdsp target for ld. 2000-06-20 13:29:07 +00:00
genscripts.sh
h8-doc.texi
ld.1 Patch from Thomas de Lellis to implement --section-start 2000-05-22 21:58:40 +00:00
ld.h Quell some gcc warnings by defining textdomain and bindtextdomain 2000-05-13 13:05:36 +00:00
ld.texinfo tic54x/ibmc54xdsp target for ld. 2000-06-20 13:29:07 +00:00
ldcref.c Most of these changes are really only cosmetic. The readelf.c patch 2000-01-26 23:11:48 +00:00
ldctor.c
ldctor.h
ldemul.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
ldemul.h Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
ldexp.c Add octets vs bytes functionality to LD. 2000-02-03 18:24:46 +00:00
ldexp.h
ldfile.c Fix formatting and add missing new lkine at end of error message 2000-07-11 20:17:02 +00:00
ldfile.h Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
ldgram.y Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
ldlang.h Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
ldlex.h
ldlex.l 2000-06-05 Michael Matz <matz@ifh.de> 2000-06-05 16:16:31 +00:00
ldmain.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c Most of these changes are really only cosmetic. The readelf.c patch 2000-01-26 23:11:48 +00:00
ldmisc.h
ldver.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
ldver.h
ldwrite.c Warning fix and remove extraneous hppa*-*-linux-gnu*. 2000-07-10 17:15:11 +00:00
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c Fix --section-start=xxxx 2000-07-08 13:35:05 +00:00
mac-ld.r
mpw-config.in
mpw-elfmips.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
mpw-eppcmac.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
mpw-esh.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
mpw-idtmips.c Remove some forward declarations in ldemul.h and ldfile.h, and 2000-07-11 03:42:41 +00:00
mpw-make.sed
mri.c Add LMA memory region functionality. 2000-02-16 18:53:32 +00:00
mri.h
pe-dll.c * pe-dll.c (process_def_file): auto-export data items also 2000-07-17 18:40:47 +00:00
pe-dll.h Applied Mumit Kha's patch to tweak dll production code. 2000-01-04 23:44:03 +00:00
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h

README

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.

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.