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David E. O'Brien 78ffae804d This commit was generated by cvs2svn to compensate for changes in r111756,
which included commits to RCS files with non-trunk default branches.
2003-03-02 19:10:30 +00:00
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emulparams This commit was generated by cvs2svn to compensate for changes in r111756, 2003-03-02 19:10:30 +00:00
emultempl Merge rev 1.2 (teach `ld' how to access FreeBSD's ld ELF hints) 2002-12-02 09:31:42 +00:00
po Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
scripttempl GC some stuff I thought was long gone. 2002-12-02 09:14:25 +00:00
acinclude.m4 Import of GNU Binutils version 2.11.0. 2001-05-28 05:21:37 +00:00
aclocal.m4 Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
ChangeLog Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197 Enlist the FreeBSD-CURRENT users as testers of what is to become Binutils 2002-01-27 12:00:11 +00:00
ChangeLog-9899 Enlist the FreeBSD-CURRENT users as testers of what is to become Binutils 2002-01-27 12:00:11 +00:00
config.in Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
configure Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
configure.host Update HEAD with the stock files. 2002-12-02 09:39:02 +00:00
configure.in Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
configure.tgt Update HEAD with the stock files. 2002-12-02 09:39:02 +00:00
deffile.h Import of GNU Binutils version 2.11.2. 2001-06-26 16:57:43 +00:00
deffilep.y Enlist the FreeBSD-CURRENT users as testers of what is to become Binutils 2002-01-27 12:00:11 +00:00
dep-in.sed Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.12 branch. 2002-04-12 19:33:52 +00:00
gen-doc.texi Enlist the FreeBSD-CURRENT users as testers of what is to become Binutils 2002-01-27 12:00:11 +00:00
genscripts.sh Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
h8-doc.texi
ld.1 Update HEAD with the stock files. 2002-12-02 09:39:02 +00:00
ld.h Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
ld.texinfo Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
ldcref.c Enlist the FreeBSD-CURRENT users as testers of what is to become Binutils 2002-01-27 12:00:11 +00:00
ldctor.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ldctor.h Import of GNU Binutils version 2.11.2. 2001-06-26 16:57:43 +00:00
ldemul.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
ldemul.h Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
ldexp.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ldexp.h Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
ldfile.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ldfile.h Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
ldgram.y Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ldint.texinfo Enlist the FreeBSD-CURRENT users as testers of what is to become Binutils 2002-01-27 12:00:11 +00:00
ldlang.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ldlang.h Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ldlex.h Import of GNU Binutils version 2.11.2. 2001-06-26 16:57:43 +00:00
ldlex.l Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ldmain.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ldmain.h Import of GNU Binutils version 2.11.2. 2001-06-26 16:57:43 +00:00
ldmisc.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ldmisc.h Enlist the FreeBSD-CURRENT users as testers of what is to become Binutils 2002-01-27 12:00:11 +00:00
ldver.c Enlist the FreeBSD-CURRENT users as testers of what is to become Binutils 2002-01-27 12:00:11 +00:00
ldver.h Enlist the FreeBSD-CURRENT users as testers of what is to become Binutils 2002-01-27 12:00:11 +00:00
ldwrite.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
MAINTAINERS Import of GNU Binutils version 2.11.0. 2001-05-28 05:21:37 +00:00
Makefile.am Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
Makefile.in Merge rev 1.2 (FreeBSD a.out configuration support) into the 2002-10-11 06:13:00 +00:00
mri.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
mri.h Import of GNU Binutils version 2.11.2. 2001-06-26 16:57:43 +00:00
NEWS Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
pe-dll.c Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.2 release). 2002-12-02 09:06:04 +00:00
pe-dll.h Import of Binutils from the FSF 2.13 branch (just pre-.1 release). 2002-10-11 06:01:20 +00:00
README Enlist the FreeBSD-CURRENT users as testers of what is to become Binutils 2002-01-27 12:00:11 +00:00
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h Import of GNU Binutils version 2.11.2. 2001-06-26 16:57:43 +00:00
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.

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.