binutils-gdb/ld
Jan Beulich 5cebc931d7 ld/doc: drop blank between @option and brace
Commit 9e7028aa1e ("PowerPC64 __tls_get_addr_desc") introduced a use
of @option which apparently newer makeinfo tolerates, but older ones
reject. Drop the unnecessary (a per all other uses of @option) blank.
2020-01-30 17:02:33 +01:00
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emulparams Set the default page size of the PDP11 target to 8192 bytes. 2020-01-15 14:18:54 +00:00
emultempl PR25477, ld 2.34 tries to load ${prefix}/etc/ld.so.conf 2020-01-29 10:39:20 +10:30
po Updated translations for various binutils sub-directories 2020-01-20 15:10:23 +00:00
scripttempl MSP430: Remove unused linker script template elf32msp430_3.sc 2020-01-16 13:45:29 +00:00
testsuite Replace deprecated tcl case statements with switch statements 2020-01-27 22:52:15 +10:30
.gitignore
aclocal.m4 bfd, ld: add CTF section linking 2019-10-03 17:04:56 +01:00
ChangeLog ld/doc: drop blank between @option and brace 2020-01-30 17:02:33 +01:00
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configure Update version to 2.34.50. Regenerate configure and .pot files. 2020-01-18 14:12:07 +00:00
configure.ac Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
configure.host Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
configure.tgt [ARC][committed] Code cleanup and improvements. 2020-01-13 11:16:47 +02:00
deffile.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
deffilep.y Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
dep-in.sed
elf-hints-local.h
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
genscrba.sh
genscripts.sh Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
h8-doc.texi Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ld.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ld.texi ld/doc: drop blank between @option and brace 2020-01-30 17:02:33 +01:00
ldbuildid.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldbuildid.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldcref.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldctor.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldctor.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldelf.c PR25477, ld 2.34 tries to load ${prefix}/etc/ld.so.conf 2020-01-29 10:39:20 +10:30
ldelf.h PR25477, ld 2.34 tries to load ${prefix}/etc/ld.so.conf 2020-01-29 10:39:20 +10:30
ldelfgen.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldelfgen.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldemul.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldemul.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldexp.c Don't report symbol lookup failure in first phase of linking 2020-01-28 12:11:27 +10:30
ldexp.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldfile.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldfile.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldgram.y Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldint.texi Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldlang.c PR25417, Fix minor typos 2020-01-22 17:14:08 +10:30
ldlang.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldlex-wrapper.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldlex.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldlex.l Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldmain.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
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ldmisc.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
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ldver.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldver.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
ldwrite.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
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MAINTAINERS Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
Makefile.am PR25477, ld 2.34 tries to load ${prefix}/etc/ld.so.conf 2020-01-29 10:39:20 +10:30
Makefile.in PR25477, ld 2.34 tries to load ${prefix}/etc/ld.so.conf 2020-01-29 10:39:20 +10:30
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mri.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
NEWS Add markers for 2.34 branch to the NEWS files and ChangeLogs. 2020-01-18 13:50:25 +00:00
pe-dll.c For PE format files, the base relocation table is necessary if the image is loaded at a different image base than specified in the PE header. This patch provides a new option --enable-reloc-section to force the generation of this section. 2020-01-03 12:57:15 +00:00
pe-dll.h For PE format files, the base relocation table is necessary if the image is loaded at a different image base than specified in the PE header. This patch provides a new option --enable-reloc-section to force the generation of this section. 2020-01-03 12:57:15 +00:00
pep-dll.c For PE format files, the base relocation table is necessary if the image is loaded at a different image base than specified in the PE header. This patch provides a new option --enable-reloc-section to force the generation of this section. 2020-01-03 12:57:15 +00:00
pep-dll.h For PE format files, the base relocation table is necessary if the image is loaded at a different image base than specified in the PE header. This patch provides a new option --enable-reloc-section to force the generation of this section. 2020-01-03 12:57:15 +00:00
plugin.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
plugin.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
README Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
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sysdep.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +10:30
testplug2.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2020-01-01 18:42:54 +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
  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.texi), as well as the
  beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texi).

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
    emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.

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