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authorLinda Zhang <lindasc@qq.com>2014-06-26 12:18:39 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2014-06-26 12:18:39 +0100
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Change the default behaviour of the PE targeted linker so that timestamps are
inserted. This is for compatibility with other, non-GNU tools. Deterministic binaries can still be created by using the new --no-insert-timestamp command line option. * emultempl/pe.em: Initialise insert_timestamp to true. Add a --no-insert-timestamp command line option. * emultempl/pep.em: Likewise. * ld.texinfo: Document that --insert-timestamp is enabled by default and that it now has an inverse command line option. * NEWS: Mention the new behaviour.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld')
-rw-r--r--ld/ChangeLog9
-rw-r--r--ld/NEWS4
-rw-r--r--ld/emultempl/pe.em11
-rw-r--r--ld/emultempl/pep.em9
-rw-r--r--ld/ld.texinfo12
5 files changed, 37 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 5a1fe27..f42d00b 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2014-06-26 Linda Zhang <lindasc@qq.com>
+
+ * emultempl/pe.em: Initialise insert_timestamp to true.
+ Add a --no-insert-timestamp command line option.
+ * emultempl/pep.em: Likewise.
+ * ld.texinfo: Document that --insert-timestamp is enabled by
+ default and that it now has an inverse command line option.
+ * NEWS: Mention the new behaviour.
+
2014-06-25 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATION_SOURCES): Move ei386pep.c from
diff --git a/ld/NEWS b/ld/NEWS
index 344f98d..a8b4ab4 100644
--- a/ld/NEWS
+++ b/ld/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-*- text -*-
+* PE binaries now once again contain real timestamps by default. To disable
+ the inclusion of a timestamp in a PE binary, use the --no-insert-timestamp
+ command line option.
+
* Replace support for openrisc and or32 with support for or1k.
* Add support for the --build-id command line option to COFF based targets.
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/pe.em b/ld/emultempl/pe.em
index 0466eb3..7a5b77b 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/pe.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/pe.em
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int support_old_code = 0;
static char * thumb_entry_symbol = NULL;
static lang_assignment_statement_type *image_base_statement = 0;
static unsigned short pe_dll_characteristics = 0;
-static bfd_boolean insert_timestamp = FALSE;
+static bfd_boolean insert_timestamp = TRUE;
static const char *emit_build_id;
#ifdef DLL_SUPPORT
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ fragment <<EOF
#define OPTION_TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE (OPTION_WDM_DRIVER + 1)
/* Determinism. */
#define OPTION_INSERT_TIMESTAMP (OPTION_TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE + 1)
-#define OPTION_BUILD_ID (OPTION_INSERT_TIMESTAMP + 1)
+#define OPTION_NO_INSERT_TIMESTAMP (OPTION_INSERT_TIMESTAMP + 1)
+#define OPTION_BUILD_ID (OPTION_NO_INSERT_TIMESTAMP + 1)
static void
gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_options
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_options
{"no-leading-underscore", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_NO_LEADING_UNDERSCORE},
{"leading-underscore", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_LEADING_UNDERSCORE},
{"insert-timestamp", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_INSERT_TIMESTAMP},
+ {"no-insert-timestamp", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_NO_INSERT_TIMESTAMP},
#ifdef DLL_SUPPORT
/* getopt allows abbreviations, so we do this to stop it
from treating -o as an abbreviation for this option. */
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options (FILE *file)
fprintf (file, _(" --support-old-code Support interworking with old code\n"));
fprintf (file, _(" --[no-]leading-underscore Set explicit symbol underscore prefix mode\n"));
fprintf (file, _(" --thumb-entry=<symbol> Set the entry point to be Thumb <symbol>\n"));
- fprintf (file, _(" --insert-timestamp Use a real timestamp rather than zero.\n"));
+ fprintf (file, _(" --[no-]insert-timestamp Use a real timestamp rather than zero (default).\n"));
fprintf (file, _(" This makes binaries non-deterministic\n"));
#ifdef DLL_SUPPORT
fprintf (file, _(" --add-stdcall-alias Export symbols with and without @nn\n"));
@@ -769,6 +771,9 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_handle_option (int optc)
case OPTION_INSERT_TIMESTAMP:
insert_timestamp = TRUE;
break;
+ case OPTION_NO_INSERT_TIMESTAMP:
+ insert_timestamp = FALSE;
+ break;
#ifdef DLL_SUPPORT
case OPTION_OUT_DEF:
pe_out_def_filename = xstrdup (optarg);
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/pep.em b/ld/emultempl/pep.em
index 6e3ecd8..916a786 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/pep.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/pep.em
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static flagword real_flags = IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE;
static int support_old_code = 0;
static lang_assignment_statement_type *image_base_statement = 0;
static unsigned short pe_dll_characteristics = 0;
-static bfd_boolean insert_timestamp = FALSE;
+static bfd_boolean insert_timestamp = TRUE;
static const char *emit_build_id;
#ifdef DLL_SUPPORT
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ enum options
OPTION_NO_BIND,
OPTION_WDM_DRIVER,
OPTION_INSERT_TIMESTAMP,
+ OPTION_NO_INSERT_TIMESTAMP,
OPTION_TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE,
OPTION_BUILD_ID
};
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_options
{"wdmdriver", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_WDM_DRIVER},
{"tsaware", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE},
{"insert-timestamp", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_INSERT_TIMESTAMP},
+ {"no-insert-timestamp", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_NO_INSERT_TIMESTAMP},
{"build-id", optional_argument, NULL, OPTION_BUILD_ID},
{NULL, no_argument, NULL, 0}
};
@@ -409,7 +411,7 @@ gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options (FILE *file)
fprintf (file, _(" --subsystem <name>[:<version>] Set required OS subsystem [& version]\n"));
fprintf (file, _(" --support-old-code Support interworking with old code\n"));
fprintf (file, _(" --[no-]leading-underscore Set explicit symbol underscore prefix mode\n"));
- fprintf (file, _(" --insert-timestamp Use a real timestamp rather than zero.\n"));
+ fprintf (file, _(" --[no-]insert-timestamp Use a real timestamp rather than zero. (default)\n"));
fprintf (file, _(" This makes binaries non-deterministic\n"));
#ifdef DLL_SUPPORT
fprintf (file, _(" --add-stdcall-alias Export symbols with and without @nn\n"));
@@ -721,6 +723,9 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_handle_option (int optc)
case OPTION_INSERT_TIMESTAMP:
insert_timestamp = TRUE;
break;
+ case OPTION_NO_INSERT_TIMESTAMP:
+ insert_timestamp = FALSE;
+ break;
#ifdef DLL_SUPPORT
case OPTION_OUT_DEF:
pep_out_def_filename = xstrdup (optarg);
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index e3d0469..5762dc6 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -2665,9 +2665,15 @@ The image is Terminal Server aware.
@kindex --insert-timestamp
@item --insert-timestamp
-Insert a real timestamp into the image, rather than the default value
-of zero. This will result in a slightly different results with each
-invocation, which could be helpful for distributing unique images.
+@itemx --no-insert-timestamp
+Insert a real timestamp into the image. This is the default behaviour
+as it matches legacy code and it means that the image will work with
+other, proprietary tools. The problem with this default is that it
+will result in slightly different images being produced each tiem the
+same sources are linked. The option @option{--no-insert-timestamp}
+can be used to insert a zero value for the timestamp, this ensuring
+that binaries produced from indentical sources will compare
+identically.
@end table
@c man end