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| author | Jeff Law <law@gcc.gnu.org> | 1998-01-13 00:37:58 -0700 |
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| committer | Jeff Law <law@gcc.gnu.org> | 1998-01-13 00:37:58 -0700 |
| commit | 238515761660f4655c1819dcd76c799dbcc98381 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b545c576205b32ffb1483ddb1ab480e19b9974e | |
| parent | fe07d4c1cc13824af1e19e12729362c183e9e807 (diff) | |
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Clarify some collect2 stuff.
From-SVN: r17324
| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/install.texi | 13 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/install.texi b/gcc/install.texi index b879850..2c9bdf3 100644 --- a/gcc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/install.texi @@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ linker with GNU CC. This option does not cause the GNU linker to be installed; it just modifies the behavior of GNU CC to work with the GNU linker. -Specifically, it inhibits the installation of @code{collect2}, a program -which otherwise serves as a front-end for the system's linker on most -configurations. +@cSpecifically, it inhibits the installation of @code{collect2}, a program +@cwhich otherwise serves as a front-end for the system's linker on most +@cconfigurations. @item --with-stabs On MIPS based systems and on Alphas, you must specify whether you want @@ -2205,11 +2205,8 @@ available. @node Collect2 @section @code{collect2} -Many target systems do not have support in the assembler and linker for -``constructors''---initialization functions to be called before the -official ``start'' of @code{main}. On such systems, GNU CC uses a -utility called @code{collect2} to arrange to call these functions at -start time. +GNU CC uses a utility called @code{collect2} on nearly all systems to arrange +to call various initialization functions at start time. The program @code{collect2} works by linking the program once and looking through the linker output file for symbols with particular names |