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authorMichael Matz <matz@suse.de>2011-08-22 12:35:10 +0000
committerMichael Matz <matz@suse.de>2011-08-22 12:35:10 +0000
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* ldmain.c (add_DT_NEEDED_for_dynamic): Default to FALSE.
* ld.texinfo (--copy-dt-needed-entries): Mention new default.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld')
-rw-r--r--ld/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--ld/ld.texinfo21
-rw-r--r--ld/ldmain.c2
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index ce8a034..1297c2c 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-08-22 Michael Matz <matz@suse.de>
+
+ * ldmain.c (add_DT_NEEDED_for_dynamic): Default to FALSE.
+ * ld.texinfo (--copy-dt-needed-entries): Mention new default.
+
2011-08-17 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
PR ld/12762
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 94079e2..592e38c 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -1258,21 +1258,20 @@ option.
@itemx --no-copy-dt-needed-entries
This option affects the treatment of dynamic libraries referred to
by DT_NEEDED tags @emph{inside} ELF dynamic libraries mentioned on the
-command line. Normally the linker will add a DT_NEEDED tag to the
+command line. Normally the linker won't add a DT_NEEDED tag to the
output binary for each library mentioned in a DT_NEEDED tag in an
-input dynamic library. With @option{--no-copy-dt-needed-entries}
+input dynamic library. With @option{--copy-dt-needed-entries}
specified on the command line however any dynamic libraries that
-follow it will have their DT_NEEDED entries ignored. The default
-behaviour can be restored with @option{--copy-dt-needed-entries}.
+follow it will have their DT_NEEDED entries added. The default
+behaviour can be restored with @option{--no-copy-dt-needed-entries}.
This option also has an effect on the resolution of symbols in dynamic
-libraries. With the default setting dynamic libraries mentioned on
-the command line will be recursively searched, following their
-DT_NEEDED tags to other libraries, in order to resolve symbols
-required by the output binary. With
-@option{--no-copy-dt-needed-entries} specified however the searching
-of dynamic libraries that follow it will stop with the dynamic
-library itself. No DT_NEEDED links will be traversed to resolve
+libraries. With @option{--copy-dt-needed-entries} dynamic libraries
+mentioned on the command line will be recursively searched, following
+their DT_NEEDED tags to other libraries, in order to resolve symbols
+required by the output binary. With the default setting however
+the searching of dynamic libraries that follow it will stop with the
+dynamic library itself. No DT_NEEDED links will be traversed to resolve
symbols.
@cindex cross reference table
diff --git a/ld/ldmain.c b/ld/ldmain.c
index 1b84835..567b697 100644
--- a/ld/ldmain.c
+++ b/ld/ldmain.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ bfd_boolean add_DT_NEEDED_for_regular;
/* True means create DT_NEEDED entries for dynamic libraries that
are DT_NEEDED by dynamic libraries specifically mentioned on
the command line. */
-bfd_boolean add_DT_NEEDED_for_dynamic = TRUE;
+bfd_boolean add_DT_NEEDED_for_dynamic;
/* TRUE if we should demangle symbol names. */
bfd_boolean demangling;