aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/ld/NEWS
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2020-10-16 11:37:26 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2020-10-16 11:37:26 +0100
commit23ae20f5e3afeeab9aa616c63ab3b357668476d5 (patch)
tree77fe952d842fc8b8f4a0efccbc006686a3b05e77 /ld/NEWS
parent472d09c18a750f483ad974991f4f35ede3dfb10b (diff)
downloadgdb-23ae20f5e3afeeab9aa616c63ab3b357668476d5.zip
gdb-23ae20f5e3afeeab9aa616c63ab3b357668476d5.tar.gz
gdb-23ae20f5e3afeeab9aa616c63ab3b357668476d5.tar.bz2
Add a new option to the linker: --error-handling-script=<NAME>. Run the script <NAME> if an undefined symbol or unfound library error is encountered.
PR 26626 * ldmain.c (undefined_symbol): If an error handlign script is available, call it. * ldfile.c (error_handling_script): Declare. (ldfile_open_file): If a library cannot be found and an error handling script is available, call it. * ldmain.h (error_handling_script): Prototype. * ldlex.h (OPTION_ERROR_HANDLING_SCRIPT): Define. * lexsup.c (ld_options): Add --error-handling-script. (parse_args): Add support for --errror-handling-script. * ld.texi: Document the new feature. * configure.ac: Add --error-handling-script option to disable support for the new feature. * NEWS: Mention the new feature. * config.in: Regenerate. * configure: Regenerate.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/NEWS')
-rw-r--r--ld/NEWS5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ld/NEWS b/ld/NEWS
index 2f20a5f..81c4419 100644
--- a/ld/NEWS
+++ b/ld/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-*- text -*-
+* Add --error-handling-script=<NAME> command line option to allow a helper
+ script to be invoked when an undefined symbol or a missing library is
+ encountered. This option can be suppressed via the configure time
+ switch: --enable-error-handling-script=no.
+
* Add -z x86-64-v[234] to the x86 ELF linker to mark x86-64-v[234] ISA
level as needed.