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authorIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1996-10-07 21:30:26 +0000
committerIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1996-10-07 21:30:26 +0000
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* ld.texinfo (Options): Mention .so extensions for shared
libraries.
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diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 8687d9a..00a4518 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Oct 7 17:29:05 1996 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * ld.texinfo (Options): Mention .so extensions for shared
+ libraries.
+
Sun Oct 6 22:35:36 1996 Jason Merrill <jason@yorick.cygnus.com>
* scripttempl/elf{,mips,ppc}.sc: Add DWARF 2 sections.
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 16ebb69..ad2a640 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -389,8 +389,14 @@ Perform an incremental link (same as option @samp{-r}).
Add archive file @var{archive} to the list of files to link. This
option may be used any number of times. @code{ld} will search its
path-list for occurrences of @code{lib@var{archive}.a} for every
-@var{archive} specified. File extensions other than @code{.a} may be
-used on certain systems.
+@var{archive} specified.
+
+On systems which support shared libraries, @code{ld} may also search for
+libraries with extensions other than @code{.a}. Specifically, on ELF
+and SunOS systems, @code{ld} will search a directory for a library with
+an extension of @code{.so} before searching for one with an extension of
+@code{.a}. By convention, a @code{.so} extension indicates a shared
+library.
The linker will search an archive only once, at the location where it is
specified on the command line. If the archive defines a symbol which