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| author | Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> | 2009-03-03 18:22:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> | 2009-03-03 18:22:11 +0000 |
| commit | 3efd345c3b8f1f91a1698023ac736f2648972d81 (patch) | |
| tree | 4799c1fd81b722a3fdc73518103ca02a4fb1fa2b /ld/NEWS | |
| parent | 6aa8e5c2ae66323abb1fb2f8b6c454305781aad2 (diff) | |
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* emultempl/pe.em (debug_section_p): New bfd_map_over_sections hook.
(gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Use it to iterate all sections
of all input BFDs, looking for debug info. Enable long section names
if any found.
* emultempl/pe.em (debug_section_p): Likewise.
(gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Likewise.
* NEWS: Retrospectively adjust news announcement.
* ld.texinfo: Update documentation to mention new behaviour.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/NEWS')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ * PE targets no longer make use of the long section names PE extension to the COFF format when generating executable images, by default. The old (slightly non-conformant) behaviour can still be invoked by using the - new '--enable-long-section-names' command-line option. + new '--enable-long-section-names' command-line option. It is also enabled + automatically in the presence of un-stripped debug information, as GDB + needs to be able to find the debug info sections by their full names. * --as-needed now links in a dynamic library if it satisfies undefined symbols in regular objects, or in other dynamic libraries. In the |