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authorIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1994-09-15 17:05:24 +0000
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-*- text -*-
+Changes since version 2.4:
+
+* The linker now supports linking against SunOS shared libraries. It still can
+not link SunOS PIC (Position Independent Code) files, so it can not be used to
+generate shared libaries.
+
+* The linker now supports linking against ELF shared libraries for the i386
+(UnixWare) and SPARC (Solaris). It can also link ELF PIC files, and can be
+used to generate shared libraries. Shared library generation is not well
+tested; please report any problems encountered. The linker is now enabled for
+Solaris again.
+
+* Eric Youngdale has contributed Linux support code, including linking against
+Linux a.out shared libraries. The linker produces Linux QMAGIC binaries.
+
+* The ELF backend has been converted to the new linker code. To use the new
+ELF linker, each particular targets requires a relocation function. So far,
+this function has been written for i386 (UnixWare), SPARC (Solaris) and MIPS
+(Irix 5) targets.
+
+* The -( (--start-group) and -) (--end-group) options have been added to
+support searching a group of archives as though they were a single archive.
+This can also be used in a linker script, as GROUP ( files ).
+
+* When a file is named on the command line, and the linker does not recognize
+it as an object file, the linker will now treat the file as a linker script
+file. A linker script named in this way augments, but does not replace, the
+default linker script.
+
+* The -warn-once option was added. It causes the linker to only warn once per
+undefined symbol, rather than once per reference.
+
Changes since version 2.3:
* New linker code, by Steve Chamberlain and Ian Taylor. For a.out and ecoff
@@ -15,6 +47,15 @@ Changes since version 2.3:
* Mach i386 support, by David Mackenzie.
+* Irix 4 shared libraries are now supported (Irix 5 uses ELF, and ELF shared
+ libraries are not yet supported).
+
+* COFF shared libraries (as on SCO) should work as well.
+
+* The linker is disabled for Solaris. (Actually, it was in 2.3 also, I just
+ forgot to note it.) Some of their C library routines don't work when
+ statically linked, and the GNU linker doesn't support dynamic linking yet.
+
Changes since version 2.2:
* Weak symbols are now supported.