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authorAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2021-11-08 08:19:34 +1030
committerAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2021-11-08 08:19:34 +1030
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Correct ld script wildcard matching description
Goes with commit 68bbb9f788d0 * ld.texi (Input Section Wildcards): Delete paragraph incorrectly saying '*' does not match '/'.
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diff --git a/ld/ld.texi b/ld/ld.texi
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@@ -5022,13 +5022,6 @@ character may be used to specify a range of characters, as in
quotes the following character
@end table
-When a file name is matched with a wildcard, the wildcard characters
-will not match a @samp{/} character (used to separate directory names on
-Unix). A pattern consisting of a single @samp{*} character is an
-exception; it will always match any file name, whether it contains a
-@samp{/} or not. In a section name, the wildcard characters will match
-a @samp{/} character.
-
File name wildcard patterns only match files which are explicitly
specified on the command line or in an @code{INPUT} command. The linker
does not search directories to expand wildcards.