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authorHans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>2014-10-15 02:50:03 +0200
committerHans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>2014-10-15 02:50:03 +0200
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ld.texinfo: "=" path-prefix forces sysroot in scripts not only SEARCH_DIR
* ld.texinfo (input files in linker scripts): When mentioning behavior of first character "/" on scripts within sysroot, also mention that effect can be forced by prefixing with "=" and refer to SEARCH_DIR.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld')
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-rw-r--r--ld/ld.texinfo4
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 7c2cf04..dd7c75e 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
* ld.texinfo (Options): When mentioning "=" and sysroot, mention
that --sysroot controls it, not only through the configuration.
+ (input files in linker scripts): When mentioning
+ behavior of first character "/" on scripts within sysroot, also
+ mention that effect can be forced by prefixing with "=" and
+ refer to SEARCH_DIR.
2014-10-14 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 58150f9..8eb7ba3 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -3143,7 +3143,9 @@ with the @samp{/} character, and the script being processed was
located inside the @dfn{sysroot prefix}, the filename will be looked
for in the @dfn{sysroot prefix}. Otherwise, the linker will try to
open the file in the current directory. If it is not found, the
-linker will search through the archive library search path. See the
+linker will search through the archive library search path.
+The @dfn{sysroot prefix} can also be forced by specifying @code{=}
+as the first character in the filename path. See also the
description of @samp{-L} in @ref{Options,,Command Line Options}.
If you use @samp{INPUT (-l@var{file})}, @command{ld} will transform the