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| author | Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> | 1996-10-07 21:30:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> | 1996-10-07 21:30:26 +0000 |
| commit | 4164f2d5abeaae3aaf2de387ddf4125fa06b66b5 (patch) | |
| tree | eac937340470f0efec52dca5b73e70a463b87da9 /ld/ld.texinfo | |
| parent | 7336948874d13372e7db33864fecfcdff1a55569 (diff) | |
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* ld.texinfo (Options): Mention .so extensions for shared
libraries.
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
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 |