binutils-gdb/ld
Nick Clifton a061de07e4 More fixes for COFF/PE lanker garbage collection.
PR 19803
	* emultempl/pe.em (change_undef): New function.  Encapsulates
	duplicated code in pe_fixup_stdcalls and adds the newly defined
	sym to the gc root list.
	(pe_fixup_stdcall): Use the new function.
	* pe-dll.c (process_def_file_and_drectve); Add alias of exported
	symbol to gc root list.
2016-04-04 13:44:57 +01:00
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emulparams Add -z noreloc-overflow option to x86-64 ld 2016-03-15 11:07:54 -07:00
emultempl Ignore DWARF debug information with a version of 0 - assume that it is padding. 2016-04-04 12:53:33 +01:00
po Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
scripttempl Ensure that the .rdata_pseudo_runtime_reloc sections are not discarded by gabage collection. 2016-03-18 11:45:43 +00:00
testsuite ld/testing: Fix error and warning checks in run_dump_test 2016-03-30 17:58:05 +01:00
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ChangeLog-2015 binutils ChangeLog rotation 2016-01-01 22:59:17 +10:30
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MAINTAINERS Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
Makefile.am Add -z noreloc-overflow option to x86-64 ld 2016-03-15 11:07:54 -07:00
Makefile.in Add -z noreloc-overflow option to x86-64 ld 2016-03-15 11:07:54 -07:00
NEWS Add -z noreloc-overflow option to x86-64 ld 2016-03-15 11:07:54 -07:00
README Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
TODO
aclocal.m4
config.in Reset x86 Linux targets to not compressing debug sections by default. Enable compression of debug sections by default in the linker, if so configured. 2015-10-21 13:15:39 +01:00
configure enable -Wwrite-strings for gas 2016-03-31 07:30:56 -04:00
configure.ac Replace == with = in ld/configure.ac 2016-01-29 07:49:18 -08:00
configure.host Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
configure.tgt Add aarch64-*-rtems* target 2016-02-26 14:07:27 -06:00
deffile.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
deffilep.y Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
dep-in.sed
elf-hints-local.h
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
genscrba.sh
genscripts.sh Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
h8-doc.texi Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ld.h Remove unused field from ld_config_type structure. 2016-02-25 10:33:29 +00:00
ld.texinfo Add -z noreloc-overflow option to x86-64 ld 2016-03-15 11:07:54 -07:00
ldbuildid.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldbuildid.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldcref.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldctor.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldctor.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldemul.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldemul.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldexp.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldexp.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldfile.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldfile.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldgram.y Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldint.texinfo Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldlang.c More cases of missing TO_ADDR in ldlang.c 2016-03-31 19:35:33 +10:30
ldlang.h Improve COFF/PE linker garbage collection by preventing the removal of sections containing exported symbols. 2016-03-22 12:25:08 +00:00
ldlex-wrapper.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldlex.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldlex.l Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldmain.c [x86] Resolve non-PIC undefweak symbols in executable 2016-02-26 04:55:57 -08:00
ldmain.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldmisc.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldmisc.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldver.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldver.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldwrite.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
ldwrite.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
lexsup.c Properly implement STT_COMMON 2016-02-26 05:01:34 -08:00
mri.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
mri.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
pe-dll.c Ignore DWARF debug information with a version of 0 - assume that it is padding. 2016-04-04 12:53:33 +01:00
pe-dll.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
pep-dll.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
pep-dll.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
plugin.c Remove use of alloca. 2016-03-21 16:31:46 +00:00
plugin.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
testplug.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
testplug2.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
testplug3.c Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30

README

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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.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.

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