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authorIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1996-02-27 17:59:46 +0000
committerIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1996-02-27 17:59:46 +0000
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* lexsup.c (parse_args): Recognize --no-whole-archive.
* ldlang.h (lang_input_statement_type): Add whole_archive field. * ldlang.c (new_afile): Set whole_archive field. (load_symbols): Check input file specific whole_archive field rather than global variable. * ld.texinfo, ld.1: Document --no-whole-archive. PR 9094.
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@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ ld [ -o @var{output} ] @var{objfile}@dots{}
[ -( [ archives ] -) ]
[ --start-group [ archives ] --end-group ]
[ -split-by-reloc @var{count} ] [ -split-by-file ]
- [ --whole-archive ]
+ [ --whole-archive ] [ --no-whole-archive ]
@end smallexample
This plethora of command-line options may seem intimidating, but in
@@ -941,11 +941,16 @@ which refers to it.
@kindex --whole-archive
@cindex including an entire archive
-For each archive mentioned on the command line, include every object
-file in the archive in the link, rather than searching the archive for
-the required object files. This is normally used to turn an archive
-file into a shared library, forcing every object to be included in the
-resulting shared library.
+For each archive mentioned on the command line after the
+@code{--whole-archive} option, include every object file in the archive
+in the link, rather than searching the archive for the required object
+files. This is normally used to turn an archive file into a shared
+library, forcing every object to be included in the resulting shared
+library.
+
+@kindex --no-whole-archive
+Turn off the effect of the @code{--whole-archive} option for archives
+which appear later on the command line.
@kindex -X
@cindex local symbols, deleting