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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2003-10-08 13:52:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2003-10-08 13:52:33 +0000 |
| commit | e62eb3ee7e4f8b4821b2f029d0f9d2dbbc462b44 (patch) | |
| tree | 6204e6126a5e15271d39ce086bf3959ddd023322 /ld | |
| parent | afa105f875a3431f36da8bca4c1ea54e86b69c43 (diff) | |
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lexsup.c (parse_args: OPTION_CALL_SHARED): Revise comment describing defaults.
Change default to report unresolved symbols in object files as well.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/lexsup.c | 17 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog index 28c6218..f12a8a8 100644 --- a/ld/ChangeLog +++ b/ld/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2003-10-08 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> + + * lexsup.c (parse_args: OPTION_CALL_SHARED): Revise comment + describing defaults. Change default to report unresolved symbols + in object files as well. + 2003-10-08 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com> * ldexp.c (fold_name) <case DEFINED>: Set section of result to diff --git a/ld/lexsup.c b/ld/lexsup.c index 556a5ba..b8d0be4 100644 --- a/ld/lexsup.c +++ b/ld/lexsup.c @@ -661,16 +661,15 @@ parse_args (unsigned argc, char **argv) case OPTION_CALL_SHARED: config.dynamic_link = TRUE; /* When linking against shared libraries, the default behaviour is - to report any unresolved references. This is for backwards - comptability with previous linker behaviour. Whilst strictly - speaking it is not a failure to encounter unresolved symbols at - link time - the symbol *might* be available at load time - it is - nevertheless necessary for the correct execution of the autoconf - package. (It needs to be able to detect functions that are not - provided by the host OS). Since this package is used by lots of - projects, maintaining the old linker behaviour is important. */ + to report any unresolved references. Although strictly speaking + it is not a failure to encounter unresolved symbols at link time + - the symbol *might* be available at load time - it is a strong + indication that the resulting executable will not work. Plus it + is necessary for the correct execution of the autoconf package, + which needs to be able to detect functions that are not provided + by the host OS. */ if (link_info.unresolved_syms_in_objects == RM_NOT_YET_SET) - link_info.unresolved_syms_in_objects = RM_IGNORE; + link_info.unresolved_syms_in_objects = how_to_report_unresolved_symbols; if (link_info.unresolved_syms_in_shared_libs == RM_NOT_YET_SET) link_info.unresolved_syms_in_shared_libs = how_to_report_unresolved_symbols; break; |