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authorAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2009-01-31 11:44:38 +0000
committerAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2009-01-31 11:44:38 +0000
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* NEWS: Mention --as-needed change. ld/ * ld.texinfo (--as-needed): Update. bfd/ * elflink.c (on_needed_list): New function. (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Link in --as-needed libs if they satisfy undefined symbols in other libs.
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+2009-01-31 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+ * NEWS: Mention --as-needed change.
+
2009-01-29 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
PR 9798
diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
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-*- text -*-
+* --as-needed now links in a dynamic library if it satisfies undefined
+ symbols in regular objects, or in other dynamic libraries. In the
+ latter case the library is not linked if it is found in a DT_NEEDED
+ entry of one of the libraries already linked.
+
* Add new option --use-nul-prefixed-import-tables to dlltool to allow fall-
back to old import table generation with null element prefix.