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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 62d8aa7..7d2de3b 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -2160,16 +2160,16 @@ enable other tradeoffs in future versions of the linker. @kindex --build-id=@var{style} @item --build-id @itemx --build-id=@var{style} -Request creation of @code{.note.gnu.build-id} ELF note section. -The contents of the note are unique bits identifying this linked -file. @var{style} can be @code{uuid} to use 128 random bits, -@code{sha1} to use a 160-bit @sc{SHA1} hash on the normative -parts of the output contents, @code{md5} to use a 128-bit -@sc{MD5} hash on the normative parts of the output contents, or -@code{0x@var{hexstring}} to use a chosen bit string specified as -an even number of hexadecimal digits (@code{-} and @code{:} -characters between digit pairs are ignored). If @var{style} is -omitted, @code{sha1} is used. +Request the creation of a @code{.note.gnu.build-id} ELF note section +or a @code{.build-id} COFF section. The contents of the note are +unique bits identifying this linked file. @var{style} can be +@code{uuid} to use 128 random bits, @code{sha1} to use a 160-bit +@sc{SHA1} hash on the normative parts of the output contents, +@code{md5} to use a 128-bit @sc{MD5} hash on the normative parts of +the output contents, or @code{0x@var{hexstring}} to use a chosen bit +string specified as an even number of hexadecimal digits (@code{-} and +@code{:} characters between digit pairs are ignored). If @var{style} +is omitted, @code{sha1} is used. The @code{md5} and @code{sha1} styles produces an identifier that is always the same in an identical output file, but will be |