darling-gdb/ld
Alan Modra b0fe1bf34d * lib/ld-lib.exp (default_ld_simple_link): Trim ld parms before
trying to trim ld path.
	(default_ld_compile): Likewise for cc.
2003-06-18 01:55:57 +00:00
..
emulparams include/elf/ 2003-06-10 07:09:31 +00:00
emultempl * emultempl/ppc64elf.em (emit_stub_syms, toc_section): New vars. 2003-06-08 14:07:34 +00:00
po bfd/ 2003-06-11 01:32:08 +00:00
scripttempl * scripttempl/h8300sxn.sc: New file. 2003-06-10 08:31:04 +00:00
testsuite * lib/ld-lib.exp (default_ld_simple_link): Trim ld parms before 2003-06-18 01:55:57 +00:00
acinclude.m4
aclocal.m4 Add support to skip import libraries for performance reasons and instead 2002-12-16 18:02:16 +00:00
ChangeLog bfd/ 2003-06-18 00:30:04 +00:00
ChangeLog-9197
ChangeLog-9899
config.in (HAVE_REALPATH): New entry. 2002-12-30 12:37:58 +00:00
configure Add support for h8300hn and h8300sn 2003-04-24 12:36:08 +00:00
configure.host * ld-undefined/undefined.exp (i?86-*-freebsd*): Remove xfail. 2003-06-17 11:01:17 +00:00
configure.in * configure.in (TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT): Set default to 2003-02-20 23:38:58 +00:00
configure.tgt * configure.tgt: Add specific case for cris-*-linux-gnu* 2003-06-16 00:03:48 +00:00
deffile.h Add code to prevent importing a dll multiple times. 2003-01-28 11:39:43 +00:00
deffilep.y * defilep.y (opt_base): If no number given, set to default 2003-03-18 21:33:43 +00:00
dep-in.sed
fdl.texi Apply Bob Wilson's linker documenation clean ups. 2003-02-21 10:27:06 +00:00
gen-doc.texi Add Xtensa port 2003-04-01 15:50:31 +00:00
genscripts.sh bfd/ 2003-05-30 15:50:12 +00:00
h8-doc.texi Replace occurrances of 'Hitachi' with 'Renesas'. 2003-04-15 08:51:55 +00:00
ld.h Change linker's default behaviour - it will now reject binary files whoes 2002-12-23 10:45:03 +00:00
ld.texinfo bfd/ 2003-05-30 15:50:12 +00:00
ldcref.c
ldctor.c
ldctor.h
ldemul.c * ldemul.c: Include getopt.h. 2003-02-28 22:55:11 +00:00
ldemul.h * ldemul.c (ldemul_parse_args): Return FALSE by default. 2003-02-28 02:10:06 +00:00
ldexp.c
ldexp.h
ldfile.c 2003-04-18 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> 2003-04-18 15:33:49 +00:00
ldfile.h * ldfile.h (struct search_dirs): Added sysrooted field. 2003-03-03 20:00:35 +00:00
ldgram.y binutils/ 2003-06-03 22:27:24 +00:00
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c bfd/ 2003-06-18 00:30:04 +00:00
ldlang.h * ldfile.h (struct search_dirs): Added sysrooted field. 2003-03-03 20:00:35 +00:00
ldlex.h
ldlex.l * ldlex.l: Accept C style comments in version scripts. 2003-05-05 06:28:00 +00:00
ldmain.c bfd/ 2003-05-30 15:50:12 +00:00
ldmain.h * ldmain.h (overflow_cutoff_limit): Declare. 2003-05-07 04:14:57 +00:00
ldmisc.c bfd/ 2003-06-03 18:15:05 +00:00
ldmisc.h include/ 2003-04-24 01:43:33 +00:00
ldver.c
ldver.h
ldwrite.c
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c bfd/ 2003-05-30 15:50:12 +00:00
mac-ld.r
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Add em32relf.o. 2003-06-10 23:29:19 +00:00
Makefile.in * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Add em32relf.o. 2003-06-10 23:29:19 +00:00
mpw-config.in
mpw-make.sed
mri.c * ldfile.c: Fix comment typos. 2003-01-02 03:53:53 +00:00
mri.h
NEWS Mention support for Xtensa architecture 2003-04-03 07:37:41 +00:00
pe-dll.c Catch and ignore an ARM_26D reloc. 2003-06-17 12:05:33 +00:00
pe-dll.h
README
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h Add support to skip import libraries for performance reasons and instead 2002-12-16 18:02:16 +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.