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author | Roland Pesch <pesch@cygnus> | 1993-10-01 21:08:13 +0000 |
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committer | Roland Pesch <pesch@cygnus> | 1993-10-01 21:08:13 +0000 |
commit | 7f9ae73e76a980b1086c58f6fbe03d2c35e21c19 (patch) | |
tree | eb825e8f24daf7eedd3f7ab7838e71d0da709dcf /ld | |
parent | f73b07c9d26a2baf9463349b2526f646d6d5238b (diff) | |
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Makefile.in: correct out-of-date TEXIDIR default
ld.texinfo: (a) fix INPUT cmd description (b) fix bad formatting in FSF
style (warning examples) (c) add some index entries on warnings
Diffstat (limited to 'ld')
-rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 43 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index f44ac62..a18c92d 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \input texinfo @setfilename ld.info @syncodeindex ky cp -@c @include configdoc.texi +@include configdoc.texi @c @smallbook @c @cropmarks @@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ may follow, precede, or be mixed in with command-line options, except that an @var{objfile} argument may not be placed between an option and its argument. -Usually the linker is invoked with at least one object file, but other -forms of binary input files can also be specified with @samp{-l}, -@samp{-R}, and the script command language. If @emph{no} binary input -files at all are specified, the linker does not produce any output, and -issues the message @samp{No input files}. +Usually the linker is invoked with at least one object file, but you can +specify other forms of binary input files using @samp{-l}, @samp{-R}, +and the script command language. If @emph{no} binary input files at all +are specified, the linker does not produce any output, and issues the +message @samp{No input files}. Option arguments must either follow the option letter without intervening whitespace, or be given as separate arguments immediately following the @@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ Use @var{output} as the name for the program produced by @code{ld}; if this option is not specified, the name @file{a.out} is used by default. The script command @code{OUTPUT} can also specify the output file name. +@ifclear SingleFormat @kindex -oformat @item -oformat @var{output-format} Specify the binary format for the output object file. You don't usually @@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ supported by the BFD libraries. (You can list the available binary formats with @samp{objdump -i}.) The script command @code{OUTPUT_FORMAT} can also specify the output format, but this option overrides it. @xref{BFD}. +@end ifclear @item -R @var{filename} @kindex -R @var{file} @@ -584,6 +586,9 @@ Display the version number for @code{ld}. Display the version number for @code{ld} and exit. @item -warn-common +@kindex -warn-comon +@cindex warnings, on combining symbols +@cindex combining symbols, warnings on Warn when a common symbol is combined with another common symbol or with a symbol definition. Unix linkers allow this somewhat sloppy practice, but linkers on some other operating systems do not. This option allows @@ -646,7 +651,8 @@ Merging a common symbol with a previous same-sized common symbol. @item Merging a common symbol with a previous larger common symbol. @smallexample -@var{file}(@var{section}): warning: common of `@var{symbol}' overridden by larger common +@var{file}(@var{section}): warning: common of `@var{symbol}' overridden + by larger common @var{file}(@var{section}): warning: larger common is here @end smallexample @@ -655,7 +661,8 @@ Merging a common symbol with a previous smaller common symbol. This is the same as the previous case, except that the symbols are encountered in a different order. @smallexample -@var{file}(@var{section}): warning: common of `@var{symbol}' overriding smaller common +@var{file}(@var{section}): warning: common of `@var{symbol}' overriding + smaller common @var{file}(@var{section}): warning: smaller common is here @end smallexample @end enumerate @@ -1791,8 +1798,14 @@ output file is specified (@samp{-r}). @itemx INPUT ( @var{file} @var{file} @dots{} ) @cindex binary input files Use this command to include binary input files in the link, without -including them in a particular section definition. Files specified this -way are treated identically to object files listed on the command line. +including them in a particular section definition. +Specify the full name for each @var{file}, including @samp{.a} if +required. + +@code{ld} searches for each @var{file} through the archive-library +search path, just as for files you specify on the command line. +See the description of @samp{-L} in @ref{Options,,Command Line +Options}. @ignore @item MAP ( @var{name} ) @@ -1881,11 +1894,11 @@ functionality are not listed. @end menu @end ifset -@c FIXME! This could use @up/@down, but there seems to be a conflict +@c FIXME! This could use @raisesections/@lowersections, but there seems to be a conflict @c between those and node-defaulting. @ifset H8300 @ifclear GENERIC -@up +@raisesections @end ifclear @node H8/300 @section @code{ld} and the H8/300 @@ -1913,13 +1926,13 @@ page of memory, and changes them to use the eight-bit address form. top page of memory). @end table @ifclear GENERIC -@down +@lowersections @end ifclear @end ifset @ifset I960 @ifclear GENERIC -@up +@raisesections @end ifclear @node i960 @section @code{ld} and the Intel 960 family @@ -1955,7 +1968,7 @@ the 960 architecture family allows combination of target architectures; each use will add another pair of name variants to search for when @w{@samp{-l}} specifies a library. @ifclear GENERIC -@down +@lowersections @end ifclear @end ifset |