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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index f38386b..082f655 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -2098,6 +2098,22 @@ Create a DLL instead of a regular executable. You may also use file. [This option is specific to the i386 PE targeted port of the linker] +@kindex --enable-long-section-names +@kindex --disable-long-section-names +@item --enable-long-section-names +@itemx --disable-long-section-names +The PE variants of the Coff object format add an extension that permits +the use of section names longer than eight characters, the normal limit +for Coff. By default, these names are only allowed in object files, as +fully-linked executable images do not carry the Coff string table required +to support the longer names. As a GNU extension, it is possible to +allow their use in executable images as well, or to (probably pointlessly!) +disallow it in object files, by using these two options. Executable images +generated with these long section names are slightly non-standard, carrying +as they do a string table, and may generate confusing output when examined +with non-GNU PE-aware tools, such as file viewers and dumpers. +[This option is valid for all PE targeted ports of the linker] + @kindex --enable-stdcall-fixup @kindex --disable-stdcall-fixup @item --enable-stdcall-fixup |