binutils-gdb/ld
Roland McGrath dc60a23811 ld/testsuite/
* ld-arm/arm-elf.exp (armelftests_common): Add a test that gets
	arm-lib.so built so armeabitests_common can use it.
	(unresolved-1-dyn): Exclude this test for [istarget "arm*-*-nacl*"].
2012-06-28 16:31:57 +00:00
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emulparams Don't hardcode .got.plt into DATA_SEGMENT_RELRO_END evaluation 2012-06-11 13:23:51 +00:00
emultempl ld/ 2012-06-15 15:13:41 +00:00
po * po/vi.po: Updated Vietnamese translation. 2012-03-30 12:54:48 +00:00
scripttempl ld/ 2012-06-15 15:13:41 +00:00
testsuite ld/testsuite/ 2012-06-28 16:31:57 +00:00
.gitignore bfd/binutils/gas/gprof/ld/libiberty/opcodes: add .gitignore 2010-12-09 09:03:18 +00:00
aclocal.m4 * configure.in (AC_CHECK_FUNCS): Add setlocale. 2012-04-05 08:43:41 +00:00
ChangeLog Remove redundant statement 2012-06-28 12:53:29 +00:00
ChangeLog-0001
ChangeLog-0203
ChangeLog-2004 Fix a typo. 2009-01-13 15:49:13 +00:00
ChangeLog-2005
ChangeLog-2006
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-2010 Rotate binutils ChangeLogs. 2011-01-01 16:43:53 +00:00
ChangeLog-2011 Rotate ChangeLogs 2012-01-05 10:09:39 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197
ChangeLog-9899
config.in PR 14072 2012-05-17 15:13:28 +00:00
configure PR 14072 2012-05-17 15:13:28 +00:00
configure.host Add support for DragonFlyBSD target. 2011-03-28 11:18:27 +00:00
configure.in PR 14072 2012-05-17 15:13:28 +00:00
configure.tgt Replace -linux-gnux32 with -linux-gnu 2012-06-24 21:47:45 +00:00
deffile.h 2011-04-13 Kai Tietz <ktietz@redhat.com> 2011-04-13 12:53:36 +00:00
deffilep.y PR binutils/13710 2012-02-24 14:20:19 +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 etc/ChangeLog 2010-06-08 10:30:56 +00:00
gen-doc.texi include/elf/ 2011-03-31 08:58:28 +00:00
genscrba.sh ld: 2008-01-11 09:11:18 +00:00
genscripts.sh Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY. 2010-12-15 14:56:40 +00:00
h8-doc.texi
ld.h * ldlang.h (struct lang_input_statement_flags): New, extract from.. 2012-03-05 22:43:40 +00:00
ld.texinfo bfd/ 2012-01-11 09:28:45 +00:00
ldcref.c PR ld/11367 2010-03-10 22:44:01 +00:00
ldctor.c PR ld/12356 2011-01-13 13:06:22 +00:00
ldctor.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldemul.c ld/ 2012-03-25 06:45:16 +00:00
ldemul.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldexp.c ld/ 2012-06-15 15:13:41 +00:00
ldexp.h PR ld/13683 2012-02-22 16:27:35 +00:00
ldfile.c PR ld/10340 2012-03-08 05:29:33 +00:00
ldfile.h PR ld/10340 2012-03-08 05:29:33 +00:00
ldgram.y * ldlang.h (struct lang_input_statement_flags): New, extract from.. 2012-03-05 22:43:40 +00:00
ldint.texinfo Add directory section for info document. 2010-10-28 11:40:26 +00:00
ldlang.c Remove redundant statement 2012-06-28 12:53:29 +00:00
ldlang.h ld/ 2012-06-15 15:13:41 +00:00
ldlex-wrapper.c ld/ 2010-02-10 19:48:16 +00:00
ldlex.h ld/ 2012-05-26 11:13:20 +00:00
ldlex.l PR ld/10340 2012-03-08 05:29:33 +00:00
ldmain.c Make bfd asserts cause linker errors. 2012-04-26 13:51:14 +00:00
ldmain.h * ldlang.h (struct lang_input_statement_flags): New, extract from.. 2012-03-05 22:43:40 +00:00
ldmisc.c ld: optimize vfinfo output slightly 2012-04-03 03:37:26 +00:00
ldmisc.h Applied patch series for LD plugin interface (six parts). 2010-10-14 01:31:33 +00:00
ldver.c Update copyright message year. 2012-01-17 00:07:04 +00:00
ldver.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
ldwrite.c PR ld/13991 2012-04-24 05:12:40 +00:00
ldwrite.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
lexsup.c ld/ 2012-05-26 11:13:20 +00:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am gprof/ 2012-06-02 10:19:24 +00:00
Makefile.in gprof/ 2012-06-02 10:19:24 +00:00
mri.c include/ChangeLog 2011-07-11 15:03:09 +00:00
mri.h update copyright dates 2009-09-02 07:25:43 +00:00
NEWS bfd/ 2012-06-22 16:52:33 +00:00
pe-dll.c 2012-05-07 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> 2012-05-07 10:52:00 +00:00
pe-dll.h 2010-04-05 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-04-05 09:04:09 +00:00
pep-dll.c 2010-04-05 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-04-05 09:04:09 +00:00
pep-dll.h 2010-04-05 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com> 2010-04-05 09:04:09 +00:00
plugin.c Handle link_info.pie in ld plugin 2012-06-14 23:44:38 +00:00
plugin.h PR ld/13287 2011-10-20 09:50:59 +00:00
README
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h PR 14072 2012-05-17 15:13:28 +00:00
testplug.c PR ld/13329 2011-10-06 10:07:17 +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.