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| author | Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> | 2009-01-31 11:44:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> | 2009-01-31 11:44:38 +0000 |
| commit | 010e5ae26efd7221bd797a2b6726eb671cb2528e (patch) | |
| tree | 4f67226b3c29c107120006a9eb8678a9eaa6d568 /ld/ld.texinfo | |
| parent | 5d27446dac0017fcbea7ad53ba0aa713575d0354 (diff) | |
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binutils/
* 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.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/ld.texinfo')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 1d90989..ae8e2b7 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -1093,9 +1093,11 @@ This option affects ELF DT_NEEDED tags for dynamic libraries mentioned on the command line after the @option{--as-needed} option. Normally, the linker will add a DT_NEEDED tag for each dynamic library mentioned on the command line, regardless of whether the library is actually -needed. @option{--as-needed} causes DT_NEEDED tags to only be emitted -for libraries that satisfy some symbol reference from regular objects -which is undefined at the point that the library was linked. +needed. @option{--as-needed} causes a DT_NEEDED tag to only be emitted +for a library that satisfies a symbol reference from regular objects +which is undefined at the point that the library was linked, or, if +the library is not found in the DT_NEEDED lists of other libraries +linked up to that point, a reference from another dynamic library. @option{--no-as-needed} restores the default behaviour. @kindex --add-needed |