binutils-gdb/ld
Nick Clifton c4b7819565 PR 4437
* ldfile.c: (ldfile_open_file): Do not stop link upon encountering
        a missing file or library.  Instead mark the entry as missing and
        set the global flag to indicate that missing files were
        encountered.
        * ldlang.c (missing_files): New exported variable.
        (load_symbols): Skip loading if the file is missing.
        (open_input_bfds): Terminate link if any input files were
        missing.
        * ldlang.h (struct lang_input_statement_struct): Add missing_file
        field.
        Add export of missing_file variable.
2010-01-21 10:31:32 +00:00
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emulparams PR ld/11012 2009-12-09 01:26:03 +00:00
emultempl * emultempl/elf32.em (_place_orphan): If an input section doesn't 2010-01-14 04:56:12 +00:00
po Updated Indonesian translation. 2009-11-11 09:36:08 +00:00
scripttempl PR ld/11012 2009-12-09 01:26:03 +00:00
testsuite Support 64bit targets. 2010-01-14 14:29:51 +00:00
aclocal.m4 bfd/ 2009-11-11 04:42:42 +00:00
ChangeLog PR 4437 2010-01-21 10:31:32 +00:00
ChangeLog-0001 Split ChangeLog files. 2004-01-02 11:16:21 +00:00
ChangeLog-0203 Restore 2002 ChangeLog history. 2004-04-16 23:56:29 +00:00
ChangeLog-2004 Fix a typo. 2009-01-13 15:49:13 +00:00
ChangeLog-2005 split changelogs 2006-01-16 23:15:07 +00:00
ChangeLog-2006 Move 2006 ChangeLog entries to ChangeLog-2006. 2007-01-09 14:29:31 +00:00
ChangeLog-2007 Move 2007 ChangeLog entries to ChangeLog-2007. 2008-01-02 21:41:02 +00:00
ChangeLog-2008 2009-01-03 Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com> 2009-01-03 17:43:45 +00:00
ChangeLog-2009 Move 2009 binutils ChangeLog to ChangeLog-2009. 2010-01-01 18:06:10 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197 * ChangeLog-9197: Fix typos. 2003-10-25 16:26:30 +00:00
ChangeLog-9899
config.in Regenerate tree using Autoconf 2.64 and Automake 1.11. 2009-08-22 16:56:56 +00:00
configure Sync Libtool from GCC. 2010-01-09 21:11:44 +00:00
configure.host ld/ 2009-03-17 05:33:00 +00:00
configure.in bfd/ 2009-11-11 04:42:42 +00:00
configure.tgt bfd 2009-09-29 14:17:19 +00:00
deffile.h 2009-10-23 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2009-10-23 11:40:17 +00:00
deffilep.y * deffilep.y (def_file_free): Add missing shadow parameter renaming. 2009-12-17 19:33:59 +00:00
dep-in.sed * dep-in.sed: Don't use \n in replacement part of s command. 2009-06-04 06:57:56 +00:00
elf-hints-local.h 2007-08-10 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> 2007-08-10 12:25:30 +00:00
fdl.texi Change documentation license to FDL v1.3 2008-11-19 16:22:48 +00:00
gen-doc.texi Revert my last change since it has not been approved. 2008-07-12 08:54:13 +00:00
genscrba.sh ld: 2008-01-11 09:11:18 +00:00
genscripts.sh update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
h8-doc.texi Replace occurrances of 'Hitachi' with 'Renesas'. 2003-04-15 08:51:55 +00:00
ld.h PR ld/10956 2009-11-26 13:45:25 +00:00
ld.texinfo * ld.texinfo: Make it clear that --nmagic disables linking 2009-12-04 07:28:13 +00:00
ldcref.c * po/bfd.pot: Updated by the Translation project. 2009-09-11 15:27:38 +00:00
ldctor.c * po/bfd.pot: Updated by the Translation project. 2009-09-11 15:27:38 +00:00
ldctor.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldemul.c PR ld/6766 2009-09-13 07:19:18 +00:00
ldemul.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldexp.c 2009-11-23 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com> 2009-11-23 14:41:33 +00:00
ldexp.h * po/bfd.pot: Updated by the Translation project. 2009-09-11 15:27:38 +00:00
ldfile.c PR 4437 2010-01-21 10:31:32 +00:00
ldfile.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldgram.y * lexsup.c: Rename --add-needed to --copy-dt-needed-entries. 2009-11-05 15:35:50 +00:00
ldint.texinfo update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldlang.c PR 4437 2010-01-21 10:31:32 +00:00
ldlang.h PR 4437 2010-01-21 10:31:32 +00:00
ldlex.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldlex.l binutils/ 2009-11-19 05:06:35 +00:00
ldmain.c Add -Wshadow to the gcc command line options used when compiling the binutils. 2009-12-11 13:42:17 +00:00
ldmain.h * lexsup.c: Rename --add-needed to --copy-dt-needed-entries. 2009-11-05 15:35:50 +00:00
ldmisc.c bfd/ 2008-08-17 03:12:50 +00:00
ldmisc.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldver.c Change to "Copyright 2010". 2010-01-08 19:40:08 +00:00
ldver.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldwrite.c * po/bfd.pot: Updated by the Translation project. 2009-09-11 15:27:38 +00:00
ldwrite.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
lexsup.c PR ld/11006 2009-11-30 00:27:45 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am * Makefile.am: Remove spurious sanitization marker. 2009-10-19 10:32:12 +00:00
Makefile.in Sync Libtool from GCC. 2010-01-09 21:11:44 +00:00
mri.c * po/bfd.pot: Updated by the Translation project. 2009-09-11 15:27:38 +00:00
mri.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
NEWS * lexsup.c: Rename --add-needed to --copy-dt-needed-entries. 2009-11-05 15:35:50 +00:00
pe-dll.c * pe-dll.c (generate_reloc): Take account of wrapper options when 2009-12-17 19:51:35 +00:00
pe-dll.h * emultempl/pe.em (OPTION_EXCLUDE_ALL_SYMBOLS): New macro. 2009-10-16 15:15:39 +00:00
pep-dll.c * emultempl/pe.em (OPTION_EXCLUDE_ALL_SYMBOLS): New macro. 2009-10-16 15:15:39 +00:00
pep-dll.h * emultempl/pe.em (OPTION_EXCLUDE_ALL_SYMBOLS): New macro. 2009-10-16 15:15:39 +00:00
README Add --with-lib-patch configure switch. 2002-08-23 08:03:32 +00:00
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +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
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.