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| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ChangeLog | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/Makefile.am | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/Makefile.in | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/configure.tgt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/emulparams/elf_i386_ldso.sh | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/emultempl/elf32.em | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.1 | 1697 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/lexsup.c | 5 |
9 files changed, 784 insertions, 974 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog index 61dc757..5267811 100644 --- a/ld/ChangeLog +++ b/ld/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,23 @@ +2001-05-22 Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> + + * emulparams/elf_i386_ldso.sh: New, copied from elf_i386.sh. + (ELF_INTERPRETER_NAME): Define it. + * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation): Use + it. + * configure.tgt (targ_emul, targ_extra_emuls) + [i[3456]86-*-solaris2*, i[3456]86-*-solaris*]: Use elf_i386_ldso + as primary, elf_i386 as extra. + * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Added eelf_i386_ldso.o. + (eelf_i386_ldso.c): New rule. + * Makefile.in: Rebuilt. + +2001-05-22 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> + + * lexsup.c (ld_options): Allow -I to be an alias for + --dynamic-linker. This is for Solaris compatability. + * ld.texinfo: Document that -I can be used. + * ld.1: Regenerate. + 2001-05-16 Alan Modra <amodra@one.net.au> * ldlang.c (wild_doit): Use linker_has_input to reliably determine diff --git a/ld/Makefile.am b/ld/Makefile.am index 7866110..75755df 100644 --- a/ld/Makefile.am +++ b/ld/Makefile.am @@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ ALL_EMULATIONS = \ eelf_i386.o \ eelf_i386_be.o \ eelf_i386_chaos.o \ + eelf_i386_ldso.o \ eelf_s390.o \ egld960.o \ egld960coff.o \ @@ -537,6 +538,9 @@ eelf_i386_be.c: $(srcdir)/emulparams/elf_i386_be.sh \ eelf_i386_chaos.c: $(srcdir)/emulparams/elf_i386_chaos.sh \ $(srcdir)/emultempl/elf32.em $(srcdir)/scripttempl/elf.sc ${GEN_DEPENDS} ${GENSCRIPTS} elf_i386_chaos "$(tdir_elf_i386_chaos)" +eelf_i386_ldso.c: $(srcdir)/emulparams/elf_i386_ldso.sh \ + $(srcdir)/emultempl/elf32.em $(srcdir)/scripttempl/elf.sc ${GEN_DEPENDS} + ${GENSCRIPTS} elf_i386_ldso "$(tdir_elf_i386_ldso)" eelf_s390.c: $(srcdir)/emulparams/elf_s390.sh \ $(srcdir)/emultempl/elf32.em $(srcdir)/scripttempl/elf.sc ${GEN_DEPENDS} ${GENSCRIPTS} elf_s390 "$(tdir_elf_s390)" diff --git a/ld/Makefile.in b/ld/Makefile.in index 88f076a..b71ed5b 100644 --- a/ld/Makefile.in +++ b/ld/Makefile.in @@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ ALL_EMULATIONS = \ eelf_i386.o \ eelf_i386_be.o \ eelf_i386_chaos.o \ + eelf_i386_ldso.o \ eelf_s390.o \ egld960.o \ egld960coff.o \ @@ -1251,6 +1252,9 @@ eelf_i386_be.c: $(srcdir)/emulparams/elf_i386_be.sh \ eelf_i386_chaos.c: $(srcdir)/emulparams/elf_i386_chaos.sh \ $(srcdir)/emultempl/elf32.em $(srcdir)/scripttempl/elf.sc ${GEN_DEPENDS} ${GENSCRIPTS} elf_i386_chaos "$(tdir_elf_i386_chaos)" +eelf_i386_ldso.c: $(srcdir)/emulparams/elf_i386_ldso.sh \ + $(srcdir)/emultempl/elf32.em $(srcdir)/scripttempl/elf.sc ${GEN_DEPENDS} + ${GENSCRIPTS} elf_i386_ldso "$(tdir_elf_i386_ldso)" eelf_s390.c: $(srcdir)/emulparams/elf_s390.sh \ $(srcdir)/emultempl/elf32.em $(srcdir)/scripttempl/elf.sc ${GEN_DEPENDS} ${GENSCRIPTS} elf_s390 "$(tdir_elf_s390)" diff --git a/ld/configure.tgt b/ld/configure.tgt index 521390e..f273685 100644 --- a/ld/configure.tgt +++ b/ld/configure.tgt @@ -144,9 +144,13 @@ x86_64-*-linux-gnu*) targ_emul=elf_x86_64 tdir_i386linux=${targ_alias}aout ;; i[3456]86-*-sysv[45]*) targ_emul=elf_i386 ;; -i[3456]86-*-solaris2*) targ_emul=elf_i386 ;; +i[3456]86-*-solaris2*) targ_emul=elf_i386_ldso + targ_extra_emuls="elf_i386" + ;; i[3456]86-*-unixware) targ_emul=elf_i386 ;; -i[3456]86-*-solaris*) targ_emul=elf_i386 ;; +i[3456]86-*-solaris*) targ_emul=elf_i386_ldso + targ_extra_emuls="elf_i386" + ;; i[3456]86-*-netbsd*) targ_emul=i386nbsd ;; i[3456]86-*-netware) targ_emul=i386nw ;; i[3456]86-*-elf*) targ_emul=elf_i386 ;; diff --git a/ld/emulparams/elf_i386_ldso.sh b/ld/emulparams/elf_i386_ldso.sh new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e1f43b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/ld/emulparams/elf_i386_ldso.sh @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +SCRIPT_NAME=elf +OUTPUT_FORMAT="elf32-i386" +TEXT_START_ADDR=0x08048000 +MAXPAGESIZE=0x1000 +NONPAGED_TEXT_START_ADDR=0x08048000 +ARCH=i386 +MACHINE= +NOP=0x9090 +TEMPLATE_NAME=elf32 +GENERATE_SHLIB_SCRIPT=yes +ELF_INTERPRETER_NAME=\"/usr/lib/ld.so.1\" diff --git a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em index c0d52b1..0b38c1f 100644 --- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em +++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em @@ -817,6 +817,14 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation () &link_info, &sinterp, lang_elf_version_info))) einfo ("%P%F: failed to set dynamic section sizes: %E\n"); +${ELF_INTERPRETER_NAME+" + if (sinterp != NULL) + { + sinterp->contents = ${ELF_INTERPRETER_NAME}; + sinterp->_raw_size = strlen (sinterp->contents) + 1; + } + +"} /* Let the user override the dynamic linker we are using. */ if (command_line.interpreter != NULL && sinterp != NULL) @@ -1,20 +1,9 @@ -.rn '' }` -''' $RCSfile$$Revision$$Date$ -''' -''' $Log$ -''' Revision 1.10 2001/04/13 02:22:23 jtc -''' * ld.texinfo: Document --fatal-warnings. -''' * ld.1: Regenerate. -''' -''' * ldmisc.c (vfinfo): Set flag to inhibit making executable if -''' warnings have been turned into errors. -''' * lexsup.c (OPTION_WARN_FATAL): Define. -''' (ld_options): Entry for --fatal-warnings. -''' (parse_args): Handle OPTION_WARN_FATAL. -''' * ld.h (ld_config_type): Add fatal_warnings field. -''' -''' -.de Sh +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man version 1.02 +.\" Tue May 22 15:43:56 2001 +.\" +.\" Standard preamble: +.\" ====================================================================== +.de Sh \" Subsection heading .br .if t .Sp .ne 5 @@ -22,149 +11,105 @@ \fB\\$1\fR .PP .. -.de Sp +.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) .if t .sp .5v .if n .sp .. -.de Ip +.de Ip \" List item .br .ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3 .el .ne 3 .IP "\\$1" \\$2 .. -.de Vb +.de Vb \" Begin verbatim text .ft CW .nf .ne \\$1 .. -.de Ve +.de Ve \" End verbatim text .ft R .fi .. -''' -''' -''' Set up \*(-- to give an unbreakable dash; -''' string Tr holds user defined translation string. -''' Bell System Logo is used as a dummy character. -''' +.\" Set up some character translations and predefined strings. \*(-- will +.\" give an unbreakable dash, \*(PI will give pi, \*(L" will give a left +.\" double quote, and \*(R" will give a right double quote. | will give a +.\" real vertical bar. \*(C+ will give a nicer C++. Capital omega is used +.\" to do unbreakable dashes and therefore won't be available. \*(C` and +.\" \*(C' expand to `' in nroff, nothing in troff, for use with C<> .tr \(*W-|\(bv\*(Tr +.ds C+ C\v'-.1v'\h'-1p'\s-2+\h'-1p'+\s0\v'.1v'\h'-1p' .ie n \{\ -.ds -- \(*W- -.ds PI pi -.if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch -.if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch -.ds L" "" -.ds R" "" -''' \*(M", \*(S", \*(N" and \*(T" are the equivalent of -''' \*(L" and \*(R", except that they are used on ".xx" lines, -''' such as .IP and .SH, which do another additional levels of -''' double-quote interpretation -.ds M" """ -.ds S" """ -.ds N" """"" -.ds T" """"" -.ds L' ' -.ds R' ' -.ds M' ' -.ds S' ' -.ds N' ' -.ds T' ' +. ds -- \(*W- +. ds PI pi +. if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch +. if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch +. ds L" "" +. ds R" "" +. ds C` ` +. ds C' ' 'br\} .el\{\ -.ds -- \(em\| -.tr \*(Tr -.ds L" `` -.ds R" '' -.ds M" `` -.ds S" '' -.ds N" `` -.ds T" '' -.ds L' ` -.ds R' ' -.ds M' ` -.ds S' ' -.ds N' ` -.ds T' ' -.ds PI \(*p +. ds -- \|\(em\| +. ds PI \(*p +. ds L" `` +. ds R" '' 'br\} -.\" If the F register is turned on, we'll generate -.\" index entries out stderr for the following things: -.\" TH Title -.\" SH Header -.\" Sh Subsection -.\" Ip Item -.\" X<> Xref (embedded -.\" Of course, you have to process the output yourself -.\" in some meaninful fashion. -.if \nF \{ -.de IX -.tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" -.. -.nr % 0 -.rr F +.\" +.\" If the F register is turned on, we'll generate index entries on stderr +.\" for titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.Sh), items (.Ip), and +.\" index entries marked with X<> in POD. Of course, you'll have to process +.\" the output yourself in some meaningful fashion. +.if \nF \{\ +. de IX +. tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" +. . +. nr % 0 +. rr F .\} -.TH LD 1 "binutils-2.11.90" "30/Mar/2001" "GNU" -.UC -.if n .hy 0 -.ds C+ C\v'-.1v'\h'-1p'\s-2+\h'-1p'+\s0\v'.1v'\h'-1p' -.de CQ \" put $1 in typewriter font -.ft CW -'if n "\c -'if t \\&\\$1\c -'if n \\&\\$1\c -'if n \&" -\\&\\$2 \\$3 \\$4 \\$5 \\$6 \\$7 -'.ft R -.. -.\" @(#)ms.acc 1.5 88/02/08 SMI; from UCB 4.2 -. \" AM - accent mark definitions +.\" +.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it +.\" makes way too many mistakes in technical documents. +.hy 0 +.\" +.\" Accent mark definitions (@(#)ms.acc 1.5 88/02/08 SMI; from UCB 4.2). +.\" Fear. Run. Save yourself. No user-serviceable parts. .bd B 3 -. \" fudge factors for nroff and troff +. \" fudge factors for nroff and troff .if n \{\ -. ds #H 0 -. ds #V .8m -. ds #F .3m -. ds #[ \f1 -. ds #] \fP +. ds #H 0 +. ds #V .8m +. ds #F .3m +. ds #[ \f1 +. ds #] \fP .\} .if t \{\ -. ds #H ((1u-(\\\\n(.fu%2u))*.13m) -. ds #V .6m -. ds #F 0 -. ds #[ \& -. ds #] \& +. ds #H ((1u-(\\\\n(.fu%2u))*.13m) +. ds #V .6m +. ds #F 0 +. ds #[ \& +. ds #] \& .\} -. \" simple accents for nroff and troff +. \" simple accents for nroff and troff .if n \{\ -. ds ' \& -. ds ` \& -. ds ^ \& -. ds , \& -. ds ~ ~ -. ds ? ? -. ds ! ! -. ds / -. ds q +. ds ' \& +. ds ` \& +. ds ^ \& +. ds , \& +. ds ~ ~ +. ds / .\} .if t \{\ -. ds ' \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\'\h"|\\n:u" -. ds ` \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\`\h'|\\n:u' -. ds ^ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*10/11-\*(#H)'^\h'|\\n:u' -. ds , \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10)',\h'|\\n:u' -. ds ~ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu-\*(#H-.1m)'~\h'|\\n:u' -. ds ? \s-2c\h'-\w'c'u*7/10'\u\h'\*(#H'\zi\d\s+2\h'\w'c'u*8/10' -. ds ! \s-2\(or\s+2\h'-\w'\(or'u'\v'-.8m'.\v'.8m' -. ds / \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\z\(sl\h'|\\n:u' -. ds q o\h'-\w'o'u*8/10'\s-4\v'.4m'\z\(*i\v'-.4m'\s+4\h'\w'o'u*8/10' +. ds ' \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\'\h"|\\n:u" +. ds ` \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\`\h'|\\n:u' +. ds ^ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*10/11-\*(#H)'^\h'|\\n:u' +. ds , \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10)',\h'|\\n:u' +. ds ~ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu-\*(#H-.1m)'~\h'|\\n:u' +. ds / \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\z\(sl\h'|\\n:u' .\} -. \" troff and (daisy-wheel) nroff accents +. \" troff and (daisy-wheel) nroff accents .ds : \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H+.1m+\*(#F)'\v'-\*(#V'\z.\h'.2m+\*(#F'.\h'|\\n:u'\v'\*(#V' .ds 8 \h'\*(#H'\(*b\h'-\*(#H' -.ds v \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*9/10-\*(#H)'\v'-\*(#V'\*(#[\s-4v\s0\v'\*(#V'\h'|\\n:u'\*(#] -.ds _ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*9/10-\*(#H+(\*(#F*2/3))'\v'-.4m'\z\(hy\v'.4m'\h'|\\n:u' -.ds . \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10)'\v'\*(#V*4/10'\z.\v'-\*(#V*4/10'\h'|\\n:u' -.ds 3 \*(#[\v'.2m'\s-2\&3\s0\v'-.2m'\*(#] .ds o \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu+\w'\(de'u-\*(#H)/2u'\v'-.3n'\*(#[\z\(de\v'.3n'\h'|\\n:u'\*(#] .ds d- \h'\*(#H'\(pd\h'-\w'~'u'\v'-.25m'\f2\(hy\fP\v'.25m'\h'-\*(#H' .ds D- D\\k:\h'-\w'D'u'\v'-.11m'\z\(hy\v'.11m'\h'|\\n:u' @@ -172,81 +117,80 @@ .ds Th \*(#[\s+2I\s-2\h'-\w'I'u*3/5'\v'-.3m'o\v'.3m'\*(#] .ds ae a\h'-(\w'a'u*4/10)'e .ds Ae A\h'-(\w'A'u*4/10)'E -.ds oe o\h'-(\w'o'u*4/10)'e -.ds Oe O\h'-(\w'O'u*4/10)'E -. \" corrections for vroff +. \" corrections for vroff .if v .ds ~ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*9/10-\*(#H)'\s-2\u~\d\s+2\h'|\\n:u' .if v .ds ^ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*10/11-\*(#H)'\v'-.4m'^\v'.4m'\h'|\\n:u' -. \" for low resolution devices (crt and lpr) +. \" for low resolution devices (crt and lpr) .if \n(.H>23 .if \n(.V>19 \ \{\ -. ds : e -. ds 8 ss -. ds v \h'-1'\o'\(aa\(ga' -. ds _ \h'-1'^ -. ds . \h'-1'. -. ds 3 3 -. ds o a -. ds d- d\h'-1'\(ga -. ds D- D\h'-1'\(hy -. ds th \o'bp' -. ds Th \o'LP' -. ds ae ae -. ds Ae AE -. ds oe oe -. ds Oe OE +. ds : e +. ds 8 ss +. ds o a +. ds d- d\h'-1'\(ga +. ds D- D\h'-1'\(hy +. ds th \o'bp' +. ds Th \o'LP' +. ds ae ae +. ds Ae AE .\} .rm #[ #] #H #V #F C +.\" ====================================================================== +.\" +.IX Title "LD 1" +.TH LD 1 "binutils-2.11.90" "2001-05-22" "GNU" +.UC .SH "NAME" -ld \- Using LD, the GNU linker +ld \- Using \s-1LD\s0, the \s-1GNU\s0 linker .SH "SYNOPSIS" +.IX Header "SYNOPSIS" ld [ options ] objfile... .SH "DESCRIPTION" -\f(CWld\fR combines a number of object and archive files, relocates +.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" +\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR combines a number of object and archive files, relocates their data and ties up symbol references. Usually the last step in -compiling a program is to run \f(CWld\fR. +compiling a program is to run \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR. .PP -\f(CWld\fR accepts Linker Command Language files written in -a superset of AT&T's Link Editor Command Language syntax, +\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR accepts Linker Command Language files written in +a superset of \s-1AT&T\s0's Link Editor Command Language syntax, to provide explicit and total control over the linking process. .PP This man page does not describe the command language; see the -\f(CWld\fR entry in \f(CWinfo\fR, or the manual -ld: the GNU linker, for full details on the command language and -on other aspects of the GNU linker. +\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR entry in \f(CW\*(C`info\*(C'\fR, or the manual +ld: the \s-1GNU\s0 linker, for full details on the command language and +on other aspects of the \s-1GNU\s0 linker. .PP -This version of \f(CWld\fR uses the general purpose BFD libraries -to operate on object files. This allows \f(CWld\fR to read, combine, and -write object files in many different formats---for example, COFF or -\f(CWa.out\fR. Different formats may be linked together to produce any +This version of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR uses the general purpose \s-1BFD\s0 libraries +to operate on object files. This allows \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to read, combine, and +write object files in many different formats\-\-\-for example, \s-1COFF\s0 or +\&\f(CW\*(C`a.out\*(C'\fR. Different formats may be linked together to produce any available kind of object file. .PP -Aside from its flexibility, the GNU linker is more helpful than other +Aside from its flexibility, the \s-1GNU\s0 linker is more helpful than other linkers in providing diagnostic information. Many linkers abandon execution immediately upon encountering an error; whenever possible, -\f(CWld\fR continues executing, allowing you to identify other errors +\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR continues executing, allowing you to identify other errors (or, in some cases, to get an output file in spite of the error). .PP -The GNU linker \f(CWld\fR is meant to cover a broad range of situations, +The \s-1GNU\s0 linker \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is meant to cover a broad range of situations, and to be as compatible as possible with other linkers. As a result, you have many choices to control its behavior. .SH "OPTIONS" +.IX Header "OPTIONS" The linker supports a plethora of command-line options, but in actual practice few of them are used in any particular context. -For instance, a frequent use of \f(CWld\fR is to link standard Unix +For instance, a frequent use of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is to link standard Unix object files on a standard, supported Unix system. On such a system, to -link a file \f(CWhello.o\fR: +link a file \f(CW\*(C`hello.o\*(C'\fR: .PP -.Vb 2 -\& +.Vb 1 \& ld -o I<output> /lib/crt0.o hello.o -lc .Ve -This tells \f(CWld\fR to produce a file called \fIoutput\fR as the -result of linking the file \f(CW/lib/crt0.o\fR with \f(CWhello.o\fR and -the library \f(CWlibc.a\fR, which will come from the standard search +This tells \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to produce a file called \fIoutput\fR as the +result of linking the file \f(CW\*(C`/lib/crt0.o\*(C'\fR with \f(CW\*(C`hello.o\*(C'\fR and +the library \f(CW\*(C`libc.a\*(C'\fR, which will come from the standard search directories. (See the discussion of the \fB\-l\fR option below.) .PP -Some of the command-line options to \f(CWld\fR may be specified at any +Some of the command-line options to \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR may be specified at any point in the command line. However, options which refer to files, such as \fB\-l\fR or \fB\-T\fR, cause the file to be read at the point at which the option appears in the command line, relative to the object @@ -273,10 +217,10 @@ augments the main linker script used for the link (either the default linker script or the one specified by using \fB\-T\fR). This feature permits the linker to link against a file which appears to be an object or an archive, but actually merely defines some symbol values, or uses -\f(CWINPUT\fR or \f(CWGROUP\fR to load other objects. Note that +\&\f(CW\*(C`INPUT\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`GROUP\*(C'\fR to load other objects. Note that specifying a script in this way should only be used to augment the main linker script; if you want to use some command that logically can only -appear once, such as the \f(CWSECTIONS\fR or \f(CWMEMORY\fR command, you +appear once, such as the \f(CW\*(C`SECTIONS\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`MEMORY\*(C'\fR command, you must replace the default linker script using the \fB\-T\fR option. .PP For options whose names are a single letter, @@ -286,17 +230,17 @@ option that requires them. .PP For options whose names are multiple letters, either one dash or two can precede the option name; for example, \fB\-trace-symbol\fR and -\fB--trace-symbol\fR are equivalent. Note \- there is one exception to -this rule. Multiple letter options that start with a lower case \*(L'o\*(R' can +\&\fB\*(--trace-symbol\fR are equivalent. Note \- there is one exception to +this rule. Multiple letter options that start with a lower case 'o' can only be preceeded by two dashes. This is to reduce confusion with the -\fB\-o\fR option. So for example \fB\-omagic\fR sets the output file -name to \fBmagic\fR whereas \fB--omagic\fR sets the NMAGIC flag on the +\&\fB\-o\fR option. So for example \fB\-omagic\fR sets the output file +name to \fBmagic\fR whereas \fB\*(--omagic\fR sets the \s-1NMAGIC\s0 flag on the output. .PP Arguments to multiple-letter options must either be separated from the option name by an equals sign, or be given as separate arguments immediately following the option that requires them. For example, -\fB--trace-symbol foo\fR and \fB--trace-symbol=foo\fR are equivalent. +\&\fB\*(--trace-symbol foo\fR and \fB\*(--trace-symbol=foo\fR are equivalent. Unique abbreviations of the names of multiple-letter options are accepted. .PP @@ -305,82 +249,95 @@ Note \- if the linker is being invoked indirectly, via a compiler driver prefixed by \fB\-Wl,\fR (or whatever is appropriate for the particular compiler driver) like this: .PP -.Vb 2 -\& +.Vb 1 \& gcc -Wl,--startgroup foo.o bar.o -Wl,--endgroup .Ve This is important, because otherwise the compiler driver program may silently drop the linker options, resulting in a bad link. .PP -Here is a table of the generic command line switches accepted by the GNU +Here is a table of the generic command line switches accepted by the \s-1GNU\s0 linker: -.Ip "\f(CW-a\fIkeyword\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-a\f(CIkeyword\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-akeyword" This option is supported for \s-1HP/UX\s0 compatibility. The \fIkeyword\fR argument must be one of the strings \fBarchive\fR, \fBshared\fR, or -\fBdefault\fR. \fB\-aarchive\fR is functionally equivalent to -\fB\-Bstatic\fR, and the other two keywords are functionally equivalent +\&\fBdefault\fR. \fB\-aarchive\fR is functionally equivalent to +\&\fB\-Bstatic\fR, and the other two keywords are functionally equivalent to \fB\-Bdynamic\fR. This option may be used any number of times. -.Ip "\f(CW-A\fIarchitecture\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--architecture=\fIarchitecture\fR\fR" 4 -In the current release of \f(CWld\fR, this option is useful only for the -Intel 960 family of architectures. In that \f(CWld\fR configuration, the -\fIarchitecture\fR argument identifies the particular architecture in +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-A\f(CIarchitecture\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Aarchitecture" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-architecture=\f(CIarchitecture\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--architecture=architecture" +In the current release of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR, this option is useful only for the +Intel 960 family of architectures. In that \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR configuration, the +\&\fIarchitecture\fR argument identifies the particular architecture in the 960 family, enabling some safeguards and modifying the archive-library search path. .Sp -Future releases of \f(CWld\fR may support similar functionality for +Future releases of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR may support similar functionality for other architecture families. -.Ip "\f(CW-b \fIinput-format\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--format=\fIinput-format\fR\fR" 4 -\f(CWld\fR may be configured to support more than one kind of object -file. If your \f(CWld\fR is configured this way, you can use the -\fB\-b\fR option to specify the binary format for input object files -that follow this option on the command line. Even when \f(CWld\fR is +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-b \f(CIinput\-format\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-b input-format" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-format=\f(CIinput\-format\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--format=input-format" +\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR may be configured to support more than one kind of object +file. If your \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is configured this way, you can use the +\&\fB\-b\fR option to specify the binary format for input object files +that follow this option on the command line. Even when \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is configured to support alternative object formats, you don't usually need -to specify this, as \f(CWld\fR should be configured to expect as a +to specify this, as \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR should be configured to expect as a default input format the most usual format on each machine. -\fIinput-format\fR is a text string, the name of a particular format +\&\fIinput-format\fR is a text string, the name of a particular format supported by the \s-1BFD\s0 libraries. (You can list the available binary formats with \fBobjdump \-i\fR.) .Sp You may want to use this option if you are linking files with an unusual binary format. You can also use \fB\-b\fR to switch formats explicitly (when linking object files of different formats), by including -\fB\-b\fR \fIinput-format\fR before each group of object files in a +\&\fB\-b\fR \fIinput-format\fR before each group of object files in a particular format. .Sp The default format is taken from the environment variable -\f(CWGNUTARGET\fR. +\&\f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR. .Sp You can also define the input format from a script, using the command -\f(CWTARGET\fR; -.Ip "\f(CW-c \fIMRI-commandfile\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--mri-script=\fIMRI-commandfile\fR\fR" 4 -For compatibility with linkers produced by \s-1MRI\s0, \f(CWld\fR accepts script +\&\f(CW\*(C`TARGET\*(C'\fR; +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-c \f(CIMRI\-commandfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-c MRI-commandfile" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-mri\-script=\f(CIMRI\-commandfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--mri-script=MRI-commandfile" +For compatibility with linkers produced by \s-1MRI\s0, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR accepts script files written in an alternate, restricted command language, described in the \s-1MRI\s0 Compatible Script Files section of \s-1GNU\s0 ld documentation. Introduce \s-1MRI\s0 script files with the option \fB\-c\fR; use the \fB\-T\fR option to run linker -scripts written in the general-purpose \f(CWld\fR scripting language. -If \fI\s-1MRI\s0\-cmdfile\fR does not exist, \f(CWld\fR looks for it in the directories +scripts written in the general-purpose \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR scripting language. +If \fIMRI-cmdfile\fR does not exist, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR looks for it in the directories specified by any \fB\-L\fR options. -.Ip "\f(CW-d\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-dc\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-dp\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-d\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-d" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-dc\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-dc" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-dp\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-dp" These three options are equivalent; multiple forms are supported for compatibility with other linkers. They assign space to common symbols even if a relocatable output file is specified (with \fB\-r\fR). The -script command \f(CWFORCE_COMMON_ALLOCATION\fR has the same effect. -.Ip "\f(CW-e \fIentry\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--entry=\fIentry\fR\fR" 4 +script command \f(CW\*(C`FORCE_COMMON_ALLOCATION\*(C'\fR has the same effect. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-e \f(CIentry\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-e entry" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-entry=\f(CIentry\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--entry=entry" Use \fIentry\fR as the explicit symbol for beginning execution of your program, rather than the default entry point. If there is no symbol named \fIentry\fR, the linker will try to parse \fIentry\fR as a number, and use that as the entry address (the number will be interpreted in base 10; you may use a leading \fB0x\fR for base 16, or a leading -\fB0\fR for base 8). -.Ip "\f(CW-E\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--export-dynamic\fR" 4 +\&\fB0\fR for base 8). +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-E\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-E" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-export\-dynamic\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--export-dynamic" When creating a dynamically linked executable, add all symbols to the dynamic symbol table. The dynamic symbol table is the set of symbols which are visible from dynamic objects at run time. @@ -389,16 +346,20 @@ If you do not use this option, the dynamic symbol table will normally contain only those symbols which are referenced by some dynamic object mentioned in the link. .Sp -If you use \f(CWdlopen\fR to load a dynamic object which needs to refer +If you use \f(CW\*(C`dlopen\*(C'\fR to load a dynamic object which needs to refer back to the symbols defined by the program, rather than some other dynamic object, then you will probably need to use this option when linking the program itself. -.Ip "\f(CW-EB\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-EB\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-EB" Link big-endian objects. This affects the default output format. -.Ip "\f(CW-EL\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-EL\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-EL" Link little-endian objects. This affects the default output format. -.Ip "\f(CW-f\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--auxiliary \fIname\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-f\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-f" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-auxiliary \f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--auxiliary name" When creating an \s-1ELF\s0 shared object, set the internal \s-1DT_AUXILIARY\s0 field to the specified name. This tells the dynamic linker that the symbol table of the shared object should be used as an auxiliary filter on the @@ -408,7 +369,7 @@ If you later link a program against this filter object, then, when you run the program, the dynamic linker will see the \s-1DT_AUXILIARY\s0 field. If the dynamic linker resolves any symbols from the filter object, it will first check whether there is a definition in the shared object -\fIname\fR. If there is one, it will be used instead of the definition +\&\fIname\fR. If there is one, it will be used instead of the definition in the filter object. The shared object \fIname\fR need not exist. Thus the shared object \fIname\fR may be used to provide an alternative implementation of certain functions, perhaps for debugging or for @@ -416,8 +377,10 @@ machine specific performance. .Sp This option may be specified more than once. The \s-1DT_AUXILIARY\s0 entries will be created in the order in which they appear on the command line. -.Ip "\f(CW-F \fIname\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--filter \fIname\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-F \f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-F name" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-filter \f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--filter name" When creating an \s-1ELF\s0 shared object, set the internal \s-1DT_FILTER\s0 field to the specified name. This tells the dynamic linker that the symbol table of the shared object which is being created should be used as a filter @@ -429,54 +392,64 @@ dynamic linker will resolve symbols according to the symbol table of the filter object as usual, but it will actually link to the definitions found in the shared object \fIname\fR. Thus the filter object can be used to select a subset of the symbols provided by the object -\fIname\fR. +\&\fIname\fR. .Sp -Some older linkers used the \f(CW-F\fR option throughout a compilation +Some older linkers used the \f(CW\*(C`\-F\*(C'\fR option throughout a compilation toolchain for specifying object-file format for both input and output object files. The \s-1GNU\s0 linker uses other mechanisms for this -purpose: the \f(CW-b\fR, \f(CW--format\fR, \f(CW--oformat\fR options, the -\f(CWTARGET\fR command in linker scripts, and the \f(CWGNUTARGET\fR -environment variable. The \s-1GNU\s0 linker will ignore the \f(CW-F\fR +purpose: the \f(CW\*(C`\-b\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\-\-format\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\-\-oformat\*(C'\fR options, the +\&\f(CW\*(C`TARGET\*(C'\fR command in linker scripts, and the \f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR +environment variable. The \s-1GNU\s0 linker will ignore the \f(CW\*(C`\-F\*(C'\fR option when not creating an \s-1ELF\s0 shared object. -.Ip "\f(CW-fini \fIname\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-fini \f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-fini name" When creating an \s-1ELF\s0 executable or shared object, call \s-1NAME\s0 when the executable or shared object is unloaded, by setting \s-1DT_FINI\s0 to the -address of the function. By default, the linker uses \f(CW_fini\fR as +address of the function. By default, the linker uses \f(CW\*(C`_fini\*(C'\fR as the function to call. -.Ip "\f(CW-g\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-g\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-g" Ignored. Provided for compatibility with other tools. -.Ip "\f(CW-G\fIvalue\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--gpsize=\fIvalue\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-G\f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Gvalue" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-gpsize=\f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--gpsize=value" Set the maximum size of objects to be optimized using the \s-1GP\s0 register to -\fIsize\fR. This is only meaningful for object file formats such as -\s-1MIPS\s0 \s-1ECOFF\s0 which supports putting large and small objects into different +\&\fIsize\fR. This is only meaningful for object file formats such as +\&\s-1MIPS\s0 \s-1ECOFF\s0 which supports putting large and small objects into different sections. This is ignored for other object file formats. -.Ip "\f(CW-h\fIname\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-soname=\fIname\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-h\f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-hname" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-soname=\f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-soname=name" When creating an \s-1ELF\s0 shared object, set the internal \s-1DT_SONAME\s0 field to the specified name. When an executable is linked with a shared object which has a \s-1DT_SONAME\s0 field, then when the executable is run the dynamic linker will attempt to load the shared object specified by the \s-1DT_SONAME\s0 field rather than the using the file name given to the linker. -.Ip "\f(CW-i\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-i\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-i" Perform an incremental link (same as option \fB\-r\fR). -.Ip "\f(CW-init \fIname\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-init \f(CIname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-init name" When creating an \s-1ELF\s0 executable or shared object, call \s-1NAME\s0 when the executable or shared object is loaded, by setting \s-1DT_INIT\s0 to the address -of the function. By default, the linker uses \f(CW_init\fR as the +of the function. By default, the linker uses \f(CW\*(C`_init\*(C'\fR as the function to call. -.Ip "\f(CW-l\fIarchive\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--library=\fIarchive\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-l\f(CIarchive\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-larchive" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-library=\f(CIarchive\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--library=archive" Add archive file \fIarchive\fR to the list of files to link. This -option may be used any number of times. \f(CWld\fR will search its -path-list for occurrences of \f(CWlib\fIarchive\fR.a\fR for every -\fIarchive\fR specified. +option may be used any number of times. \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR will search its +path-list for occurrences of \f(CW\*(C`lib\f(CIarchive\f(CW.a\*(C'\fR for every +\&\fIarchive\fR specified. .Sp -On systems which support shared libraries, \f(CWld\fR may also search for -libraries with extensions other than \f(CW.a\fR. Specifically, on \s-1ELF\s0 -and SunOS systems, \f(CWld\fR will search a directory for a library with -an extension of \f(CW.so\fR before searching for one with an extension of -\&\f(CW.a\fR. By convention, a \f(CW.so\fR extension indicates a shared +On systems which support shared libraries, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR may also search for +libraries with extensions other than \f(CW\*(C`.a\*(C'\fR. Specifically, on \s-1ELF\s0 +and SunOS systems, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR will search a directory for a library with +an extension of \f(CW\*(C`.so\*(C'\fR before searching for one with an extension of +\&\f(CW\*(C`.a\*(C'\fR. By convention, a \f(CW\*(C`.so\*(C'\fR extension indicates a shared library. .Sp The linker will search an archive only once, at the location where it is @@ -486,183 +459,230 @@ command line, the linker will include the appropriate \fIfile\fR\|(s) from the archive. However, an undefined symbol in an object appearing later on the command line will not cause the linker to search the archive again. .Sp -See the \f(CW-(\fR option for a way to force the linker to search +See the \f(CW\*(C`\-(\*(C'\fR option for a way to force the linker to search archives multiple times. .Sp You may list the same archive multiple times on the command line. .Sp This type of archive searching is standard for Unix linkers. However, -if you are using \f(CWld\fR on \s-1AIX\s0, note that it is different from the +if you are using \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR on \s-1AIX\s0, note that it is different from the behaviour of the \s-1AIX\s0 linker. -.Ip "\f(CW-L\fIsearchdir\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--library-path=\fIsearchdir\fR\fR" 4 -Add path \fIsearchdir\fR to the list of paths that \f(CWld\fR will search -for archive libraries and \f(CWld\fR control scripts. You may use this +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-L\f(CIsearchdir\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Lsearchdir" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-library\-path=\f(CIsearchdir\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--library-path=searchdir" +Add path \fIsearchdir\fR to the list of paths that \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR will search +for archive libraries and \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR control scripts. You may use this option any number of times. The directories are searched in the order in which they are specified on the command line. Directories specified on the command line are searched before the default directories. All -\f(CW-L\fR options apply to all \f(CW-l\fR options, regardless of the +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR options apply to all \f(CW\*(C`\-l\*(C'\fR options, regardless of the order in which the options appear. .Sp The default set of paths searched (without being specified with -\fB\-L\fR) depends on which emulation mode \f(CWld\fR is using, and in +\&\fB\-L\fR) depends on which emulation mode \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is using, and in some cases also on how it was configured. .Sp The paths can also be specified in a link script with the -\f(CWSEARCH_DIR\fR command. Directories specified this way are searched +\&\f(CW\*(C`SEARCH_DIR\*(C'\fR command. Directories specified this way are searched at the point in which the linker script appears in the command line. -.Ip "\f(CW-m\fIemulation\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-m\f(CIemulation\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-memulation" Emulate the \fIemulation\fR linker. You can list the available -emulations with the \fB--verbose\fR or \fB\-V\fR options. +emulations with the \fB\*(--verbose\fR or \fB\-V\fR options. .Sp If the \fB\-m\fR option is not used, the emulation is taken from the -\f(CWLDEMULATION\fR environment variable, if that is defined. +\&\f(CW\*(C`LDEMULATION\*(C'\fR environment variable, if that is defined. .Sp Otherwise, the default emulation depends upon how the linker was configured. -.Ip "\f(CW-M\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--print-map\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-M\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-M" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-print\-map\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--print-map" Print a link map to the standard output. A link map provides information about the link, including the following: -.Ip "\(bu" 8 +.RS 4 +.Ip "\(bu" 4 Where object files and symbols are mapped into memory. -.Ip "\(bu" 8 +.Ip "\(bu" 4 How common symbols are allocated. -.Ip "\(bu" 8 +.Ip "\(bu" 4 All archive members included in the link, with a mention of the symbol which caused the archive member to be brought in. -.Ip "\f(CW-n\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--nmagic\fR" 4 +.RE +.RS 4 +.RE +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-n\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-n" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-nmagic\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--nmagic" Turn off page alignment of sections, and mark the output as -\f(CWNMAGIC\fR if possible. -.Ip "\f(CW-N\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--omagic\fR" 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`NMAGIC\*(C'\fR if possible. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-N\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-N" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-omagic\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--omagic" Set the text and data sections to be readable and writable. Also, do not page-align the data segment. If the output format supports Unix -style magic numbers, mark the output as \f(CWOMAGIC\fR. -.Ip "\f(CW-o \fIoutput\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--output=\fIoutput\fR\fR" 4 -Use \fIoutput\fR as the name for the program produced by \f(CWld\fR; if this +style magic numbers, mark the output as \f(CW\*(C`OMAGIC\*(C'\fR. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-o \f(CIoutput\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-o output" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-output=\f(CIoutput\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--output=output" +Use \fIoutput\fR as the name for the program produced by \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR; if this option is not specified, the name \fIa.out\fR is used by default. The -script command \f(CWOUTPUT\fR can also specify the output file name. -.Ip "\f(CW-O \fIlevel\fR\fR" 4 -If \fIlevel\fR is a numeric values greater than zero \f(CWld\fR optimizes +script command \f(CW\*(C`OUTPUT\*(C'\fR can also specify the output file name. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-O \f(CIlevel\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-O level" +If \fIlevel\fR is a numeric values greater than zero \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR optimizes the output. This might take significantly longer and therefore probably should only be enabled for the final binary. -.Ip "\f(CW-q\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--emit-relocs\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-q\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-q" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-emit\-relocs\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--emit-relocs" Leave relocation sections and contents in fully linked exececutables. Post link analysis and optimization tools may need this information in order to perform correct modifications of executables. This results in larger executables. -.Ip "\f(CW-r\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--relocateable\fR" 4 -Generate relocatable output---i.e., generate an output file that can in -turn serve as input to \f(CWld\fR. This is often called \fIpartial +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-r\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-r" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-relocateable\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--relocateable" +Generate relocatable output\-\-\-i.e., generate an output file that can in +turn serve as input to \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR. This is often called \fIpartial linking\fR. As a side effect, in environments that support standard Unix magic numbers, this option also sets the output file's magic number to -\f(CWOMAGIC\fR. +\&\f(CW\*(C`OMAGIC\*(C'\fR. If this option is not specified, an absolute file is produced. When linking \*(C+ programs, this option \fIwill not\fR resolve references to constructors; to do that, use \fB\-Ur\fR. .Sp This option does the same thing as \fB\-i\fR. -.Ip "\f(CW-R \fIfilename\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--just-symbols=\fIfilename\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-R \f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-R filename" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-just\-symbols=\f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--just-symbols=filename" Read symbol names and their addresses from \fIfilename\fR, but do not relocate it or include it in the output. This allows your output file to refer symbolically to absolute locations of memory defined in other programs. You may use this option more than once. .Sp -For compatibility with other \s-1ELF\s0 linkers, if the \f(CW-R\fR option is +For compatibility with other \s-1ELF\s0 linkers, if the \f(CW\*(C`\-R\*(C'\fR option is followed by a directory name, rather than a file name, it is treated as -the \f(CW-rpath\fR option. -.Ip "\f(CW-s\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--strip-all\fR" 4 +the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-s\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-s" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-strip\-all\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--strip-all" Omit all symbol information from the output file. -.Ip "\f(CW-S\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--strip-debug\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-S\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-S" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-strip\-debug\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--strip-debug" Omit debugger symbol information (but not all symbols) from the output file. -.Ip "\f(CW-t\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--trace\fR" 4 -Print the names of the input files as \f(CWld\fR processes them. -.Ip "\f(CW-T \fIscriptfile\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--script=\fIscriptfile\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-t\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-t" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-trace\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--trace" +Print the names of the input files as \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR processes them. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-T \f(CIscriptfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-T scriptfile" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-script=\f(CIscriptfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--script=scriptfile" Use \fIscriptfile\fR as the linker script. This script replaces -\f(CWld\fR's default linker script (rather than adding to it), so -\fIcommandfile\fR must specify everything necessary to describe the +\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR's default linker script (rather than adding to it), so +\&\fIcommandfile\fR must specify everything necessary to describe the output file. You must use this option if you want to use a command which can only appear once in a linker script, such as the -\f(CWSECTIONS\fR or \f(CWMEMORY\fR command. If -\fIscriptfile\fR does not exist in the current directory, \f(CWld\fR +\&\f(CW\*(C`SECTIONS\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`MEMORY\*(C'\fR command. If +\&\fIscriptfile\fR does not exist in the current directory, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR looks for it in the directories specified by any preceding \fB\-L\fR options. Multiple \fB\-T\fR options accumulate. -.Ip "\f(CW-u \fIsymbol\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--undefined=\fIsymbol\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-u \f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-u symbol" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-undefined=\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--undefined=symbol" Force \fIsymbol\fR to be entered in the output file as an undefined symbol. Doing this may, for example, trigger linking of additional modules from standard libraries. \fB\-u\fR may be repeated with different option arguments to enter additional undefined symbols. This -option is equivalent to the \f(CWEXTERN\fR linker script command. -.Ip "\f(CW-Ur\fR" 4 +option is equivalent to the \f(CW\*(C`EXTERN\*(C'\fR linker script command. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Ur\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Ur" For anything other than \*(C+ programs, this option is equivalent to -\fB\-r\fR: it generates relocatable output---i.e., an output file that can in -turn serve as input to \f(CWld\fR. When linking \*(C+ programs, \fB\-Ur\fR -\fIdoes\fR resolve references to constructors, unlike \fB\-r\fR. +\&\fB\-r\fR: it generates relocatable output\-\-\-i.e., an output file that can in +turn serve as input to \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR. When linking \*(C+ programs, \fB\-Ur\fR +\&\fIdoes\fR resolve references to constructors, unlike \fB\-r\fR. It does not work to use \fB\-Ur\fR on files that were themselves linked with \fB\-Ur\fR; once the constructor table has been built, it cannot be added to. Use \fB\-Ur\fR only for the last partial link, and -\fB\-r\fR for the others. -.Ip "\f(CW--unique[=\fISECTION\fR]\fR" 4 +\&\fB\-r\fR for the others. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-unique[=\f(CI\s\-1SECTION\s0\f(CW]\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--unique[=SECTION]" Creates a separate output section for every input section matching -\fI\s-1SECTION\s0\fR, or if the optional wildcard \fI\s-1SECTION\s0\fR argument is +\&\fI\s-1SECTION\s0\fR, or if the optional wildcard \fI\s-1SECTION\s0\fR argument is missing, for every orphan input section. An orphan section is one not specifically mentioned in a linker script. You may use this option multiple times on the command line; It prevents the normal merging of input sections with the same name, overriding output section assignments in a linker script. -.Ip "\f(CW-v\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--version\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-V\fR" 4 -Display the version number for \f(CWld\fR. The \f(CW-V\fR option also +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-v" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--version" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-V\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-V" +Display the version number for \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR. The \f(CW\*(C`\-V\*(C'\fR option also lists the supported emulations. -.Ip "\f(CW-x\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--discard-all\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-x\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-x" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-discard\-all\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--discard-all" Delete all local symbols. -.Ip "\f(CW-X\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--discard-locals\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-X\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-X" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-discard\-locals\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--discard-locals" Delete all temporary local symbols. For most targets, this is all local symbols whose names begin with \fBL\fR. -.Ip "\f(CW-y \fIsymbol\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--trace-symbol=\fIsymbol\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-y \f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-y symbol" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-trace\-symbol=\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--trace-symbol=symbol" Print the name of each linked file in which \fIsymbol\fR appears. This option may be given any number of times. On many systems it is necessary to prepend an underscore. .Sp This option is useful when you have an undefined symbol in your link but don't know where the reference is coming from. -.Ip "\f(CW-Y \fIpath\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Y \f(CIpath\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Y path" Add \fIpath\fR to the default library search path. This option exists for Solaris compatibility. -.Ip "\f(CW-z \fIkeyword\fR\fR" 4 -The recognized keywords are \f(CWinitfirst\fR, \f(CWinterpose\fR, -\f(CWloadfltr\fR, \f(CWnodefaultlib\fR, \f(CWnodelete\fR, \f(CWnodlopen\fR, -\f(CWnodump\fR, \f(CWnow\fR and \f(CWorigin\fR. The other keywords are -ignored for Solaris compatibility. \f(CWinitfirst\fR marks the object +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-z \f(CIkeyword\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-z keyword" +The recognized keywords are \f(CW\*(C`initfirst\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`interpose\*(C'\fR, +\&\f(CW\*(C`loadfltr\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`nodefaultlib\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`nodelete\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`nodlopen\*(C'\fR, +\&\f(CW\*(C`nodump\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`now\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`origin\*(C'\fR. The other keywords are +ignored for Solaris compatibility. \f(CW\*(C`initfirst\*(C'\fR marks the object to be initialized first at runtime before any other objects. -\f(CWinterpose\fR marks the object that its symbol table interposes -before all symbols but the primary executable. \f(CWloadfltr\fR marks +\&\f(CW\*(C`interpose\*(C'\fR marks the object that its symbol table interposes +before all symbols but the primary executable. \f(CW\*(C`loadfltr\*(C'\fR marks the object that its filtees be processed immediately at runtime. -\f(CWnodefaultlib\fR marks the object that the search for dependencies +\&\f(CW\*(C`nodefaultlib\*(C'\fR marks the object that the search for dependencies of this object will ignore any default library search paths. -\f(CWnodelete\fR marks the object shouldn't be unloaded at runtime. -\f(CWnodlopen\fR marks the object not available to \f(CWdlopen\fR. -\f(CWnodump\fR marks the object can not be dumped by \f(CWdldump\fR. -\f(CWnow\fR marks the object with the non-lazy runtime binding. -\f(CWorigin\fR marks the object may contain \f(CW$ORIGIN\fR. -\f(CWdefs\fR disallows undefined symbols. -.Ip "\f(CW-( \fIarchives\fR -)\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--start-group \fIarchives\fR --end-group\fR" 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`nodelete\*(C'\fR marks the object shouldn't be unloaded at runtime. +\&\f(CW\*(C`nodlopen\*(C'\fR marks the object not available to \f(CW\*(C`dlopen\*(C'\fR. +\&\f(CW\*(C`nodump\*(C'\fR marks the object can not be dumped by \f(CW\*(C`dldump\*(C'\fR. +\&\f(CW\*(C`now\*(C'\fR marks the object with the non-lazy runtime binding. +\&\f(CW\*(C`origin\*(C'\fR marks the object may contain \f(CW$ORIGIN\fR. +\&\f(CW\*(C`defs\*(C'\fR disallows undefined symbols. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-( \f(CIarchives\f(CW \-)\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-( archives -)" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-start\-group \f(CIarchives\f(CW \-\-end\-group\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--start-group archives --end-group" The \fIarchives\fR should be a list of archive files. They may be either explicit file names, or \fB\-l\fR options. .Sp @@ -678,47 +698,60 @@ resolved. Using this option has a significant performance cost. It is best to use it only when there are unavoidable circular references between two or more archives. -.Ip "\f(CW-assert \fIkeyword\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-assert \f(CIkeyword\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-assert keyword" This option is ignored for SunOS compatibility. -.Ip "\f(CW-Bdynamic\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-dy\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-call_shared\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Bdynamic\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Bdynamic" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-dy\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-dy" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-call_shared\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-call_shared" Link against dynamic libraries. This is only meaningful on platforms for which shared libraries are supported. This option is normally the default on such platforms. The different variants of this option are for compatibility with various systems. You may use this option multiple times on the command line: it affects library searching for -\f(CW-l\fR options which follow it. -.Ip "\f(CW-Bgroup\fR" 4 -Set the \f(CWDF_1_GROUP\fR flag in the \f(CWDT_FLAGS_1\fR entry in the dynamic +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-l\*(C'\fR options which follow it. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Bgroup\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Bgroup" +Set the \f(CW\*(C`DF_1_GROUP\*(C'\fR flag in the \f(CW\*(C`DT_FLAGS_1\*(C'\fR entry in the dynamic section. This causes the runtime linker to handle lookups in this object and its dependencies to be performed only inside the group. -\f(CW--no-undefined\fR is implied. This option is only meaningful on \s-1ELF\s0 +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-undefined\*(C'\fR is implied. This option is only meaningful on \s-1ELF\s0 platforms which support shared libraries. -.Ip "\f(CW-Bstatic\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-dn\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-non_shared\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-static\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Bstatic\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Bstatic" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-dn\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-dn" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-non_shared\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-non_shared" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-static\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-static" Do not link against shared libraries. This is only meaningful on platforms for which shared libraries are supported. The different variants of this option are for compatibility with various systems. You may use this option multiple times on the command line: it affects -library searching for \f(CW-l\fR options which follow it. -.Ip "\f(CW-Bsymbolic\fR" 4 +library searching for \f(CW\*(C`\-l\*(C'\fR options which follow it. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Bsymbolic\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Bsymbolic" When creating a shared library, bind references to global symbols to the definition within the shared library, if any. Normally, it is possible for a program linked against a shared library to override the definition within the shared library. This option is only meaningful on \s-1ELF\s0 platforms which support shared libraries. -.Ip "\f(CW--check-sections\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--no-check-sections\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-check\-sections\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--check-sections" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-check\-sections\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--no-check-sections" Asks the linker \fInot\fR to check section addresses after they have been assigned to see if there any overlaps. Normally the linker will perform this check, and if it finds any overlaps it will produce suitable error messages. The linker does know about, and does make allowances for sections in overlays. The default behaviour can be -restored by using the command line switch \fB--check-sections\fR. -.Ip "\f(CW--cref\fR" 4 +restored by using the command line switch \fB\*(--check-sections\fR. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-cref\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--cref" Output a cross reference table. If a linker map file is being generated, the cross reference table is printed to the map file. Otherwise, it is printed on the standard output. @@ -728,19 +761,22 @@ easily processed by a script if necessary. The symbols are printed out, sorted by name. For each symbol, a list of file names is given. If the symbol is defined, the first file listed is the location of the definition. The remaining files contain references to the symbol. -.Ip "\f(CW--defsym \fIsymbol\fR=\fIexpression\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-defsym \f(CIsymbol\f(CW=\f(CIexpression\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--defsym symbol=expression" Create a global symbol in the output file, containing the absolute address given by \fIexpression\fR. You may use this option as many times as necessary to define multiple symbols in the command line. A limited form of arithmetic is supported for the \fIexpression\fR in this context: you may give a hexadecimal constant or the name of an existing -symbol, or use \f(CW+\fR and \f(CW-\fR to add or subtract hexadecimal +symbol, or use \f(CW\*(C`+\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR to add or subtract hexadecimal constants or symbols. If you need more elaborate expressions, consider using the linker command language from a script. \fINote:\fR there should be no white space between \fIsymbol\fR, the equals sign (``\fB=\fR''), and -\fIexpression\fR. -.Ip "\f(CW--demangle[=\fIstyle\fR]\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--no-demangle\fR" 4 +\&\fIexpression\fR. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-demangle[=\f(CIstyle\f(CW]\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--demangle[=style]" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-demangle\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--no-demangle" These options control whether to demangle symbol names in error messages and other output. When the linker is told to demangle, it tries to present symbol names in a readable fashion: it strips leading @@ -750,55 +786,68 @@ different mangling styles. The optional demangling style argument can be used to choose an appropriate demangling style for your compiler. The linker will demangle by default unless the environment variable \fB\s-1COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE\s0\fR is set. These options may be used to override the default. -.Ip "\f(CW--dynamic-linker \fIfile\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-dynamic\-linker \f(CIfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--dynamic-linker file" Set the name of the dynamic linker. This is only meaningful when generating dynamically linked \s-1ELF\s0 executables. The default dynamic linker is normally correct; don't use this unless you know what you are doing. -.Ip "\f(CW--embedded-relocs\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-embedded\-relocs\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--embedded-relocs" This option is only meaningful when linking \s-1MIPS\s0 embedded \s-1PIC\s0 code, generated by the \-membedded-pic option to the \s-1GNU\s0 compiler and assembler. It causes the linker to create a table which may be used at runtime to relocate any data which was statically initialized to pointer values. See the code in testsuite/ld-empic for details. -.Ip "\f(CW--fatal-warnings\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-fatal\-warnings\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--fatal-warnings" Treat all warnings as errors. -.Ip "\f(CW--force-exe-suffix\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-force\-exe\-suffix\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--force-exe-suffix" Make sure that an output file has a .exe suffix. .Sp If a successfully built fully linked output file does not have a -\&\f(CW.exe\fR or \f(CW.dll\fR suffix, this option forces the linker to copy -the output file to one of the same name with a \f(CW.exe\fR suffix. This +\&\f(CW\*(C`.exe\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`.dll\*(C'\fR suffix, this option forces the linker to copy +the output file to one of the same name with a \f(CW\*(C`.exe\*(C'\fR suffix. This option is useful when using unmodified Unix makefiles on a Microsoft Windows host, since some versions of Windows won't run an image unless -it ends in a \f(CW.exe\fR suffix. -.Ip "\f(CW--no-gc-sections\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--gc-sections\fR" 4 +it ends in a \f(CW\*(C`.exe\*(C'\fR suffix. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-gc\-sections\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--no-gc-sections" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-gc\-sections\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--gc-sections" Enable garbage collection of unused input sections. It is ignored on targets that do not support this option. This option is not compatible with \fB\-r\fR, nor should it be used with dynamic linking. The default behaviour (of not performing this garbage collection) can be restored by -specifying \fB--no-gc-sections\fR on the command line. -.Ip "\f(CW--help\fR" 4 +specifying \fB\*(--no-gc-sections\fR on the command line. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-help\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--help" Print a summary of the command-line options on the standard output and exit. -.Ip "\f(CW--target-help\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-target\-help\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--target-help" Print a summary of all target specific options on the standard output and exit. -.Ip "\f(CW-Map \fImapfile\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Map \f(CImapfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Map mapfile" Print a link map to the file \fImapfile\fR. See the description of the -\fB\-M\fR option, above. -.Ip "\f(CW--no-keep-memory\fR" 4 -\f(CWld\fR normally optimizes for speed over memory usage by caching the -symbol tables of input files in memory. This option tells \f(CWld\fR to +\&\fB\-M\fR option, above. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-keep\-memory\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--no-keep-memory" +\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR normally optimizes for speed over memory usage by caching the +symbol tables of input files in memory. This option tells \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to instead optimize for memory usage, by rereading the symbol tables as -necessary. This may be required if \f(CWld\fR runs out of memory space +necessary. This may be required if \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR runs out of memory space while linking a large executable. -.Ip "\f(CW--no-undefined\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-z defs\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-undefined\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--no-undefined" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-z defs\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-z defs" Normally when creating a non-symbolic shared library, undefined symbols are allowed and left to be resolved by the runtime loader. These options disallows such undefined symbols. -.Ip "\f(CW--allow-shlib-undefined\fR" 4 -Allow undefined symbols in shared objects even when --no-undefined is +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-allow\-shlib\-undefined\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--allow-shlib-undefined" +Allow undefined symbols in shared objects even when \-\-no-undefined is set. The net result will be that undefined symbols in regular objects will still trigger an error, but undefined symbols in shared objects will be ignored. The implementation of no_undefined makes the @@ -808,43 +857,50 @@ shared libraries is normal since the kernel patches them at load time to select which function is most appropriate for the current architecture. I.E. dynamically select an appropriate memset function. Apparently it is also normal for \s-1HPPA\s0 shared libraries to have undefined symbols. -.Ip "\f(CW--no-warn-mismatch\fR" 4 -Normally \f(CWld\fR will give an error if you try to link together input +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-warn\-mismatch\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--no-warn-mismatch" +Normally \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR will give an error if you try to link together input files that are mismatched for some reason, perhaps because they have been compiled for different processors or for different endiannesses. -This option tells \f(CWld\fR that it should silently permit such possible +This option tells \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR that it should silently permit such possible errors. This option should only be used with care, in cases when you have taken some special action that ensures that the linker errors are inappropriate. -.Ip "\f(CW--no-whole-archive\fR" 4 -Turn off the effect of the \f(CW--whole-archive\fR option for subsequent +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--no-whole-archive" +Turn off the effect of the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR option for subsequent archive files. -.Ip "\f(CW--noinhibit-exec\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-noinhibit\-exec\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--noinhibit-exec" Retain the executable output file whenever it is still usable. Normally, the linker will not produce an output file if it encounters errors during the link process; it exits without writing an output file when it issues any error whatsoever. -.Ip "\f(CW--oformat \fIoutput-format\fR\fR" 4 -\f(CWld\fR may be configured to support more than one kind of object -file. If your \f(CWld\fR is configured this way, you can use the -\fB--oformat\fR option to specify the binary format for the output -object file. Even when \f(CWld\fR is configured to support alternative -object formats, you don't usually need to specify this, as \f(CWld\fR +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-oformat \f(CIoutput\-format\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--oformat output-format" +\&\f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR may be configured to support more than one kind of object +file. If your \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is configured this way, you can use the +\&\fB\*(--oformat\fR option to specify the binary format for the output +object file. Even when \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is configured to support alternative +object formats, you don't usually need to specify this, as \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR should be configured to produce as a default output format the most usual format on each machine. \fIoutput-format\fR is a text string, the name of a particular format supported by the \s-1BFD\s0 libraries. (You can list the available binary formats with \fBobjdump \-i\fR.) The script -command \f(CWOUTPUT_FORMAT\fR can also specify the output format, but +command \f(CW\*(C`OUTPUT_FORMAT\*(C'\fR can also specify the output format, but this option overrides it. -.Ip "\f(CW-qmagic\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-qmagic\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-qmagic" This option is ignored for Linux compatibility. -.Ip "\f(CW-Qy\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Qy\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Qy" This option is ignored for \s-1SVR4\s0 compatibility. -.Ip "\f(CW--relax\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-relax\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--relax" An option with machine dependent effects. This option is only supported on a few targets. .Sp -On some platforms, the \fB--relax\fR option performs global +On some platforms, the \fB\*(--relax\fR option performs global optimizations that become possible when the linker resolves addressing in the program, such as relaxing address modes and synthesizing new instructions in the output object file. @@ -854,9 +910,10 @@ debugging of the resulting executable impossible. This is known to be the case for the Matsushita \s-1MN10200\s0 and \s-1MN10300\s0 family of processors. .Sp -On platforms where this is not supported, \fB--relax\fR is accepted, +On platforms where this is not supported, \fB\*(--relax\fR is accepted, but ignored. -.Ip "\f(CW--retain-symbols-file \fIfilename\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-retain\-symbols\-file \f(CIfilename\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--retain-symbols-file filename" Retain \fIonly\fR the symbols listed in the file \fIfilename\fR, discarding all others. \fIfilename\fR is simply a flat file, with one symbol name per line. This option is especially useful in environments @@ -864,44 +921,46 @@ symbol name per line. This option is especially useful in environments where a large global symbol table is accumulated gradually, to conserve run-time memory. .Sp -\fB--retain-symbols-file\fR does \fInot\fR discard undefined symbols, +\&\fB\*(--retain-symbols-file\fR does \fInot\fR discard undefined symbols, or symbols needed for relocations. .Sp -You may only specify \fB--retain-symbols-file\fR once in the command +You may only specify \fB\*(--retain-symbols-file\fR once in the command line. It overrides \fB\-s\fR and \fB\-S\fR. -.Ip "\f(CW-rpath \fIdir\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-rpath \f(CIdir\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-rpath dir" Add a directory to the runtime library search path. This is used when -linking an \s-1ELF\s0 executable with shared objects. All \f(CW-rpath\fR +linking an \s-1ELF\s0 executable with shared objects. All \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR arguments are concatenated and passed to the runtime linker, which uses -them to locate shared objects at runtime. The \f(CW-rpath\fR option is +them to locate shared objects at runtime. The \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option is also used when locating shared objects which are needed by shared objects explicitly included in the link; see the description of the -\f(CW-rpath-link\fR option. If \f(CW-rpath\fR is not used when linking an -\s-1ELF\s0 executable, the contents of the environment variable -\f(CWLD_RUN_PATH\fR will be used if it is defined. +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR option. If \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR is not used when linking an +\&\s-1ELF\s0 executable, the contents of the environment variable +\&\f(CW\*(C`LD_RUN_PATH\*(C'\fR will be used if it is defined. .Sp -The \f(CW-rpath\fR option may also be used on SunOS. By default, on +The \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option may also be used on SunOS. By default, on SunOS, the linker will form a runtime search patch out of all the -\f(CW-L\fR options it is given. If a \f(CW-rpath\fR option is used, the -runtime search path will be formed exclusively using the \f(CW-rpath\fR -options, ignoring the \f(CW-L\fR options. This can be useful when using -gcc, which adds many \f(CW-L\fR options which may be on \s-1NFS\s0 mounted +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR options it is given. If a \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option is used, the +runtime search path will be formed exclusively using the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR +options, ignoring the \f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR options. This can be useful when using +gcc, which adds many \f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR options which may be on \s-1NFS\s0 mounted filesystems. .Sp -For compatibility with other \s-1ELF\s0 linkers, if the \f(CW-R\fR option is +For compatibility with other \s-1ELF\s0 linkers, if the \f(CW\*(C`\-R\*(C'\fR option is followed by a directory name, rather than a file name, it is treated as -the \f(CW-rpath\fR option. -.Ip "\f(CW-rpath-link \fIDIR\fR\fR" 4 +the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link \f(CI\s\-1DIR\s0\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-rpath-link DIR" When using \s-1ELF\s0 or SunOS, one shared library may require another. This -happens when an \f(CWld -shared\fR link includes a shared library as one +happens when an \f(CW\*(C`ld \-shared\*(C'\fR link includes a shared library as one of the input files. .Sp When the linker encounters such a dependency when doing a non-shared, non-relocatable link, it will automatically try to locate the required shared library and include it in the link, if it is not included -explicitly. In such a case, the \f(CW-rpath-link\fR option +explicitly. In such a case, the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR option specifies the first set of directories to search. The -\f(CW-rpath-link\fR option may specify a sequence of directory names +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR option may specify a sequence of directory names either by specifying a list of names separated by colons, or by appearing multiple times. .Sp @@ -912,54 +971,63 @@ runtime linker would do. .Sp The linker uses the following search paths to locate required shared libraries. -.Ip "1." 8 -Any directories specified by \f(CW-rpath-link\fR options. -.Ip "2." 8 -Any directories specified by \f(CW-rpath\fR options. The difference -between \f(CW-rpath\fR and \f(CW-rpath-link\fR is that directories -specified by \f(CW-rpath\fR options are included in the executable and -used at runtime, whereas the \f(CW-rpath-link\fR option is only effective +.RS 4 +.Ip "1." 4 +Any directories specified by \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR options. +.Ip "2." 4 +Any directories specified by \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR options. The difference +between \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR is that directories +specified by \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR options are included in the executable and +used at runtime, whereas the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\-link\*(C'\fR option is only effective at link time. It is for the native linker only. -.Ip "3." 8 -On an \s-1ELF\s0 system, if the \f(CW-rpath\fR and \f(CWrpath-link\fR options +.Ip "3." 4 +On an \s-1ELF\s0 system, if the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`rpath\-link\*(C'\fR options were not used, search the contents of the environment variable -\f(CWLD_RUN_PATH\fR. It is for the native linker only. -.Ip "4." 8 -On SunOS, if the \f(CW-rpath\fR option was not used, search any -directories specified using \f(CW-L\fR options. -.Ip "5." 8 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LD_RUN_PATH\*(C'\fR. It is for the native linker only. +.Ip "4." 4 +On SunOS, if the \f(CW\*(C`\-rpath\*(C'\fR option was not used, search any +directories specified using \f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR options. +.Ip "5." 4 For a native linker, the contents of the environment variable -\f(CWLD_LIBRARY_PATH\fR. -.Ip "6." 8 -For a native \s-1ELF\s0 linker, the directories in \f(CWDT_RUNPATH\fR or -\f(CWDT_RPATH\fR of a shared library are searched for shared -libraries needed by it. The \f(CWDT_RPATH\fR entries are ignored if -\f(CWDT_RUNPATH\fR entries exist. -.Ip "7." 8 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LD_LIBRARY_PATH\*(C'\fR. +.Ip "6." 4 +For a native \s-1ELF\s0 linker, the directories in \f(CW\*(C`DT_RUNPATH\*(C'\fR or +\&\f(CW\*(C`DT_RPATH\*(C'\fR of a shared library are searched for shared +libraries needed by it. The \f(CW\*(C`DT_RPATH\*(C'\fR entries are ignored if +\&\f(CW\*(C`DT_RUNPATH\*(C'\fR entries exist. +.Ip "7." 4 The default directories, normally \fI/lib\fR and \fI/usr/lib\fR. -.Ip "8." 8 +.Ip "8." 4 For a native linker on an \s-1ELF\s0 system, if the file \fI/etc/ld.so.conf\fR exists, the list of directories found in that file. +.RE +.RS 4 .Sp If the required shared library is not found, the linker will issue a warning and continue with the link. -.Ip "\f(CW-shared\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-Bshareable\fR" 4 +.RE +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-shared\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-shared" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Bshareable\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Bshareable" Create a shared library. This is currently only supported on \s-1ELF\s0, \s-1XCOFF\s0 and SunOS platforms. On SunOS, the linker will automatically create a -shared library if the \f(CW-e\fR option is not used and there are +shared library if the \f(CW\*(C`\-e\*(C'\fR option is not used and there are undefined symbols in the link. -.Ip "\f(CW--sort-common\fR" 4 -This option tells \f(CWld\fR to sort the common symbols by size when it +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-sort\-common\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--sort-common" +This option tells \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to sort the common symbols by size when it places them in the appropriate output sections. First come all the one byte symbols, then all the two bytes, then all the four bytes, and then everything else. This is to prevent gaps between symbols due to alignment constraints. -.Ip "\f(CW--split-by-file [\fIsize\fR]\fR" 4 -Similar to \f(CW--split-by-reloc\fR but creates a new output section for +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-split\-by\-file [\f(CIsize\f(CW]\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--split-by-file [size]" +Similar to \f(CW\*(C`\-\-split\-by\-reloc\*(C'\fR but creates a new output section for each input file when \fIsize\fR is reached. \fIsize\fR defaults to a size of 1 if not given. -.Ip "\f(CW--split-by-reloc [\fIcount\fR]\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-split\-by\-reloc [\f(CIcount\f(CW]\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--split-by-reloc [count]" Tries to creates extra sections in the output file so that no single output section in the file contains more than \fIcount\fR relocations. This is useful when generating huge relocatable files for downloading into @@ -970,49 +1038,59 @@ support arbitrary sections. The linker will not split up individual input sections for redistribution, so if a single input section contains more than \fIcount\fR relocations one output section will contain that many relocations. \fIcount\fR defaults to a value of 32768. -.Ip "\f(CW--stats\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-stats\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--stats" Compute and display statistics about the operation of the linker, such as execution time and memory usage. -.Ip "\f(CW--traditional-format\fR" 4 -For some targets, the output of \f(CWld\fR is different in some ways from -the output of some existing linker. This switch requests \f(CWld\fR to +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-traditional\-format\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--traditional-format" +For some targets, the output of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR is different in some ways from +the output of some existing linker. This switch requests \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to use the traditional format instead. .Sp -For example, on SunOS, \f(CWld\fR combines duplicate entries in the +For example, on SunOS, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR combines duplicate entries in the symbol string table. This can reduce the size of an output file with full debugging information by over 30 percent. Unfortunately, the SunOS -\f(CWdbx\fR program can not read the resulting program (\f(CWgdb\fR has no -trouble). The \fB--traditional-format\fR switch tells \f(CWld\fR to not +\&\f(CW\*(C`dbx\*(C'\fR program can not read the resulting program (\f(CW\*(C`gdb\*(C'\fR has no +trouble). The \fB\*(--traditional-format\fR switch tells \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR to not combine duplicate entries. -.Ip "\f(CW--section-start \fIsectionname\fR=\fIorg\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-section\-start \f(CIsectionname\f(CW=\f(CIorg\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--section-start sectionname=org" Locate a section in the output file at the absolute address given by \fIorg\fR. You may use this option as many times as necessary to locate multiple sections in the command line. -\fIorg\fR must be a single hexadecimal integer; +\&\fIorg\fR must be a single hexadecimal integer; for compatibility with other linkers, you may omit the leading -\fB0x\fR usually associated with hexadecimal values. \fINote:\fR there +\&\fB0x\fR usually associated with hexadecimal values. \fINote:\fR there should be no white space between \fIsectionname\fR, the equals sign (``\fB=\fR''), and \fIorg\fR. -.Ip "\f(CW-Tbss \fIorg\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-Tdata \fIorg\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW-Ttext \fIorg\fR\fR" 4 -Use \fIorg\fR as the starting address for---respectively---the -\f(CWbss\fR, \f(CWdata\fR, or the \f(CWtext\fR segment of the output file. -\fIorg\fR must be a single hexadecimal integer; +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Tbss \f(CIorg\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Tbss org" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Tdata \f(CIorg\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Tdata org" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-Ttext \f(CIorg\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-Ttext org" +Use \fIorg\fR as the starting address for\-\-\-respectively\-\-\-the +\&\f(CW\*(C`bss\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`data\*(C'\fR, or the \f(CW\*(C`text\*(C'\fR segment of the output file. +\&\fIorg\fR must be a single hexadecimal integer; for compatibility with other linkers, you may omit the leading -\fB0x\fR usually associated with hexadecimal values. -.Ip "\f(CW--dll-verbose\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--verbose\fR" 4 -Display the version number for \f(CWld\fR and list the linker emulations +\&\fB0x\fR usually associated with hexadecimal values. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-dll\-verbose\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--dll-verbose" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-verbose\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--verbose" +Display the version number for \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR and list the linker emulations supported. Display which input files can and cannot be opened. Display the linker script if using a default builtin script. -.Ip "\f(CW--version-script=\fIversion-scriptfile\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\-script=\f(CIversion\-scriptfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--version-script=version-scriptfile" Specify the name of a version script to the linker. This is typically used when creating shared libraries to specify additional information about the version heirarchy for the library being created. This option is only meaningful on \s-1ELF\s0 platforms which support shared libraries. -.Ip "\f(CW--warn-common\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-warn\-common\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--warn-common" 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 @@ -1021,66 +1099,89 @@ Unfortunately, some C libraries use this practice, so you may get some warnings about symbols in the libraries as well as in your programs. .Sp There are three kinds of global symbols, illustrated here by C examples: -.Ip "\fBint i = 1;\fR" 8 +.RS 4 +.Ip "\fBint i = 1;\fR" 4 +.IX Item "int i = 1;" A definition, which goes in the initialized data section of the output file. -.Ip "\fBextern int i;\fR" 8 +.Ip "\fBextern int i;\fR" 4 +.IX Item "extern int i;" An undefined reference, which does not allocate space. There must be either a definition or a common symbol for the variable somewhere. -.Ip "\fBint i;\fR" 8 +.Ip "\fBint i;\fR" 4 +.IX Item "int i;" A common symbol. If there are only (one or more) common symbols for a variable, it goes in the uninitialized data area of the output file. The linker merges multiple common symbols for the same variable into a single symbol. If they are of different sizes, it picks the largest size. The linker turns a common symbol into a declaration, if there is a definition of the same variable. +.RE +.RS 4 .Sp -The \fB--warn-common\fR option can produce five kinds of warnings. +The \fB\*(--warn-common\fR option can produce five kinds of warnings. Each warning consists of a pair of lines: the first describes the symbol just encountered, and the second describes the previous symbol encountered with the same name. One or both of the two symbols will be a common symbol. -.Ip "1." 8 +.RS 4 +.RE +.Ip "1." 4 Turning a common symbol into a reference, because there is already a definition for the symbol. - - \fIfile\fR(\fIsection\fR): warning: common of `\fIsymbol\fR\*(R' - overridden by definition - \fIfile\fR(\fIsection\fR): warning: defined here -.Ip "2." 8 +.Sp +.Vb 3 +\& I<file>(I<section>): warning: common of `I<symbol>' +\& overridden by definition +\& I<file>(I<section>): warning: defined here +.Ve +.Ip "2." 4 Turning a common symbol into a reference, because a later definition for the symbol is encountered. This is the same as the previous case, except that the symbols are encountered in a different order. - - \fIfile\fR(\fIsection\fR): warning: definition of `\fIsymbol\fR\*(R' - overriding common - \fIfile\fR(\fIsection\fR): warning: common is here -.Ip "3." 8 +.Sp +.Vb 3 +\& I<file>(I<section>): warning: definition of `I<symbol>' +\& overriding common +\& I<file>(I<section>): warning: common is here +.Ve +.Ip "3." 4 Merging a common symbol with a previous same-sized common symbol. - - \fIfile\fR(\fIsection\fR): warning: multiple common - of `\fIsymbol\fR\*(R' - \fIfile\fR(\fIsection\fR): warning: previous common is here -.Ip "4." 8 +.Sp +.Vb 3 +\& I<file>(I<section>): warning: multiple common +\& of `I<symbol>' +\& I<file>(I<section>): warning: previous common is here +.Ve +.Ip "4." 4 Merging a common symbol with a previous larger common symbol. - - \fIfile\fR(\fIsection\fR): warning: common of `\fIsymbol\fR\*(R' - overridden by larger common - \fIfile\fR(\fIsection\fR): warning: larger common is here -.Ip "5." 8 +.Sp +.Vb 3 +\& I<file>(I<section>): warning: common of `I<symbol>' +\& overridden by larger common +\& I<file>(I<section>): warning: larger common is here +.Ve +.Ip "5." 4 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. - - \fIfile\fR(\fIsection\fR): warning: common of `\fIsymbol\fR\*(R' - overriding smaller common - \fIfile\fR(\fIsection\fR): warning: smaller common is here -.Ip "\f(CW--warn-constructors\fR" 4 +.Sp +.Vb 3 +\& I<file>(I<section>): warning: common of `I<symbol>' +\& overriding smaller common +\& I<file>(I<section>): warning: smaller common is here +.Ve +.RE +.RS 4 +.RE +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-warn\-constructors\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--warn-constructors" Warn if any global constructors are used. This is only useful for a few object file formats. For formats like \s-1COFF\s0 or \s-1ELF\s0, the linker can not detect the use of global constructors. -.Ip "\f(CW--warn-multiple-gp\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-warn\-multiple\-gp\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--warn-multiple-gp" Warn if multiple global pointer values are required in the output file. This is only meaningful for certain processors, such as the Alpha. Specifically, some processors put large-valued constants in a special @@ -1092,43 +1193,46 @@ bits), this limits the maximum size of the constant pool. Thus, in large programs, it is often necessary to use multiple global pointer values in order to be able to address all possible constants. This option causes a warning to be issued whenever this case occurs. -.Ip "\f(CW--warn-once\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-warn\-once\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--warn-once" Only warn once for each undefined symbol, rather than once per module which refers to it. -.Ip "\f(CW--warn-section-align\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-warn\-section\-align\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--warn-section-align" Warn if the address of an output section is changed because of alignment. Typically, the alignment will be set by an input section. The address will only be changed if it not explicitly specified; that -is, if the \f(CWSECTIONS\fR command does not specify a start address for +is, if the \f(CW\*(C`SECTIONS\*(C'\fR command does not specify a start address for the section. -.Ip "\f(CW--whole-archive\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--whole-archive" For each archive mentioned on the command line after the -\f(CW--whole-archive\fR option, include every object file in the archive +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR option, include every object file in the archive in the link, rather than searching the archive for the required object files. This is normally used to turn an archive file into a shared library, forcing every object to be included in the resulting shared library. This option may be used more than once. .Sp Two notes when using this option from gcc: First, gcc doesn't know -about this option, so you have to use \f(CW-Wl,-whole-archive\fR. -Second, don't forget to use \f(CW-Wl,-no-whole-archive\fR after your +about this option, so you have to use \f(CW\*(C`\-Wl,\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR. +Second, don't forget to use \f(CW\*(C`\-Wl,\-no\-whole\-archive\*(C'\fR after your list of archives, because gcc will add its own list of archives to your link and you may not want this flag to affect those as well. -.Ip "\f(CW--wrap \fIsymbol\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-wrap \f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--wrap symbol" Use a wrapper function for \fIsymbol\fR. Any undefined reference to -\fIsymbol\fR will be resolved to \f(CW__wrap_\fIsymbol\fR\fR. Any -undefined reference to \f(CW__real_\fIsymbol\fR\fR will be resolved to -\fIsymbol\fR. +\&\fIsymbol\fR will be resolved to \f(CW\*(C`_\|_wrap_\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR. Any +undefined reference to \f(CW\*(C`_\|_real_\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR will be resolved to +\&\fIsymbol\fR. .Sp This can be used to provide a wrapper for a system function. The -wrapper function should be called \f(CW__wrap_\fIsymbol\fR\fR. If it +wrapper function should be called \f(CW\*(C`_\|_wrap_\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR. If it wishes to call the system function, it should call -\f(CW__real_\fIsymbol\fR\fR. +\&\f(CW\*(C`_\|_real_\f(CIsymbol\f(CW\*(C'\fR. .Sp Here is a trivial example: .Sp -.Vb 7 -\& +.Vb 6 \& void * \& __wrap_malloc (int c) \& { @@ -1136,545 +1240,198 @@ Here is a trivial example: \& return __real_malloc (c); \& } .Ve -If you link other code with this file using \f(CW--wrap malloc\fR, then -all calls to \f(CWmalloc\fR will call the function \f(CW__wrap_malloc\fR -instead. The call to \f(CW__real_malloc\fR in \f(CW__wrap_malloc\fR will -call the real \f(CWmalloc\fR function. +If you link other code with this file using \f(CW\*(C`\-\-wrap malloc\*(C'\fR, then +all calls to \f(CW\*(C`malloc\*(C'\fR will call the function \f(CW\*(C`_\|_wrap_malloc\*(C'\fR +instead. The call to \f(CW\*(C`_\|_real_malloc\*(C'\fR in \f(CW\*(C`_\|_wrap_malloc\*(C'\fR will +call the real \f(CW\*(C`malloc\*(C'\fR function. .Sp -You may wish to provide a \f(CW__real_malloc\fR function as well, so that -links without the \f(CW--wrap\fR option will succeed. If you do this, -you should not put the definition of \f(CW__real_malloc\fR in the same -file as \f(CW__wrap_malloc\fR; if you do, the assembler may resolve the -call before the linker has a chance to wrap it to \f(CWmalloc\fR. -.Ip "\f(CW--enable-new-dtags\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--disable-new-dtags\fR" 4 +You may wish to provide a \f(CW\*(C`_\|_real_malloc\*(C'\fR function as well, so that +links without the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-wrap\*(C'\fR option will succeed. If you do this, +you should not put the definition of \f(CW\*(C`_\|_real_malloc\*(C'\fR in the same +file as \f(CW\*(C`_\|_wrap_malloc\*(C'\fR; if you do, the assembler may resolve the +call before the linker has a chance to wrap it to \f(CW\*(C`malloc\*(C'\fR. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-new\-dtags\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--enable-new-dtags" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-new\-dtags\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--disable-new-dtags" This linker can create the new dynamic tags in \s-1ELF\s0. But the older \s-1ELF\s0 systems may not understand them. If you specify -\f(CW--enable-new-dtags\fR, the dynamic tags will be created as needed. -If you specify \f(CW--disable-new-dtags\fR, no new dynamic tags will be +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-new\-dtags\*(C'\fR, the dynamic tags will be created as needed. +If you specify \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-new\-dtags\*(C'\fR, no new dynamic tags will be created. By default, the new dynamic tags are not created. Note that those options are only available for \s-1ELF\s0 systems. .PP -The i386 \s-1PE\s0 linker supports the \f(CW-shared\fR option, which causes +The i386 \s-1PE\s0 linker supports the \f(CW\*(C`\-shared\*(C'\fR option, which causes the output to be a dynamically linked library (\s-1DLL\s0) instead of a -normal executable. You should name the output \f(CW*.dll\fR when you +normal executable. You should name the output \f(CW\*(C`*.dll\*(C'\fR when you use this option. In addition, the linker fully supports the standard -\f(CW*.def\fR files, which may be specified on the linker command line +\&\f(CW\*(C`*.def\*(C'\fR files, which may be specified on the linker command line like an object file (in fact, it should precede archives it exports symbols from, to ensure that they get linked in, just like a normal object file). .PP In addition to the options common to all targets, the i386 \s-1PE\s0 linker support additional command line options that are specific to the i386 -\s-1PE\s0 target. Options that take values may be separated from their +\&\s-1PE\s0 target. Options that take values may be separated from their values by either a space or an equals sign. -.Ip "\f(CW--add-stdcall-alias\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-add\-stdcall\-alias\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--add-stdcall-alias" If given, symbols with a stdcall suffix (@\fInn\fR) will be exported as-is and also with the suffix stripped. -.Ip "\f(CW--base-file \fIfile\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-base\-file \f(CIfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--base-file file" Use \fIfile\fR as the name of a file in which to save the base addresses of all the relocations needed for generating DLLs with -\fIdlltool\fR. -.Ip "\f(CW--dll\fR" 4 +\&\fIdlltool\fR. +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-dll\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--dll" Create a \s-1DLL\s0 instead of a regular executable. You may also use -\f(CW-shared\fR or specify a \f(CWLIBRARY\fR in a given \f(CW.def\fR +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-shared\*(C'\fR or specify a \f(CW\*(C`LIBRARY\*(C'\fR in a given \f(CW\*(C`.def\*(C'\fR file. -.Ip "\f(CW--enable-stdcall-fixup\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--disable-stdcall-fixup\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-stdcall\-fixup\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--enable-stdcall-fixup" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-stdcall\-fixup\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--disable-stdcall-fixup" If the link finds a symbol that it cannot resolve, it will attempt to do \*(L"fuzzy linking\*(R" by looking for another defined symbol that differs only in the format of the symbol name (cdecl vs stdcall) and will resolve that symbol by linking to the match. For example, the -undefined symbol \f(CW_foo\fR might be linked to the function -\f(CW_foo@12\fR, or the undefined symbol \f(CW_bar@16\fR might be linked -to the function \f(CW_bar\fR. When the linker does this, it prints a +undefined symbol \f(CW\*(C`_foo\*(C'\fR might be linked to the function +\&\f(CW\*(C`_foo@12\*(C'\fR, or the undefined symbol \f(CW\*(C`_bar@16\*(C'\fR might be linked +to the function \f(CW\*(C`_bar\*(C'\fR. When the linker does this, it prints a warning, since it normally should have failed to link, but sometimes import libraries generated from third-party dlls may need this feature -to be usable. If you specify \f(CW--enable-stdcall-fixup\fR, this +to be usable. If you specify \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-stdcall\-fixup\*(C'\fR, this feature is fully enabled and warnings are not printed. If you specify -\f(CW--disable-stdcall-fixup\fR, this feature is disabled and such +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-stdcall\-fixup\*(C'\fR, this feature is disabled and such mismatches are considered to be errors. -.Ip "\f(CW--export-all-symbols\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-export\-all\-symbols\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--export-all-symbols" If given, all global symbols in the objects used to build a \s-1DLL\s0 will be exported by the \s-1DLL\s0. Note that this is the default if there otherwise wouldn't be any exported symbols. When symbols are explicitly exported via \s-1DEF\s0 files or implicitly exported via function attributes, the default is to not export anything else unless this -option is given. Note that the symbols \f(CWDllMain@12\fR, -\f(CWDllEntryPoint@0\fR, and \f(CWimpure_ptr\fR will not be automatically +option is given. Note that the symbols \f(CW\*(C`DllMain@12\*(C'\fR, +\&\f(CW\*(C`DllEntryPoint@0\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`impure_ptr\*(C'\fR will not be automatically exported. -.Ip "\f(CW--exclude-symbols \fIsymbol\fR,\fIsymbol\fR,...\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-exclude\-symbols \f(CIsymbol\f(CW,\f(CIsymbol\f(CW,...\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--exclude-symbols symbol,symbol,..." Specifies a list of symbols which should not be automatically exported. The symbol names may be delimited by commas or colons. -.Ip "\f(CW--file-alignment\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-file\-alignment\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--file-alignment" Specify the file alignment. Sections in the file will always begin at file offsets which are multiples of this number. This defaults to 512. -.Ip "\f(CW--heap \fIreserve\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--heap \fIreserve\fR,\fIcommit\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-heap \f(CIreserve\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--heap reserve" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-heap \f(CIreserve\f(CW,\f(CIcommit\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--heap reserve,commit" Specify the amount of memory to reserve (and optionally commit) to be used as heap for this program. The default is 1Mb reserved, 4K committed. -.Ip "\f(CW--image-base \fIvalue\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-image\-base \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--image-base value" Use \fIvalue\fR as the base address of your program or dll. This is the lowest memory location that will be used when your program or dll is loaded. To reduce the need to relocate and improve performance of your dlls, each should have a unique base address and not overlap any other dlls. The default is 0x400000 for executables, and 0x10000000 for dlls. -.Ip "\f(CW--kill-at\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-kill\-at\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--kill-at" If given, the stdcall suffixes (@\fInn\fR) will be stripped from symbols before they are exported. -.Ip "\f(CW--major-image-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-major\-image\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--major-image-version value" Sets the major number of the \*(L"image version\*(R". Defaults to 1. -.Ip "\f(CW--major-os-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-major\-os\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--major-os-version value" Sets the major number of the \*(L"os version\*(R". Defaults to 4. -.Ip "\f(CW--major-subsystem-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-major\-subsystem\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--major-subsystem-version value" Sets the major number of the \*(L"subsystem version\*(R". Defaults to 4. -.Ip "\f(CW--minor-image-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-minor\-image\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--minor-image-version value" Sets the minor number of the \*(L"image version\*(R". Defaults to 0. -.Ip "\f(CW--minor-os-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-minor\-os\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--minor-os-version value" Sets the minor number of the \*(L"os version\*(R". Defaults to 0. -.Ip "\f(CW--minor-subsystem-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-minor\-subsystem\-version \f(CIvalue\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--minor-subsystem-version value" Sets the minor number of the \*(L"subsystem version\*(R". Defaults to 0. -.Ip "\f(CW--output-def \fIfile\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-output\-def \f(CIfile\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--output-def file" The linker will create the file \fIfile\fR which will contain a \s-1DEF\s0 file corresponding to the \s-1DLL\s0 the linker is generating. This \s-1DEF\s0 file -(which should be called \f(CW*.def\fR) may be used to create an import -library with \f(CWdlltool\fR or may be used as a reference to +(which should be called \f(CW\*(C`*.def\*(C'\fR) may be used to create an import +library with \f(CW\*(C`dlltool\*(C'\fR or may be used as a reference to automatically or implicitly exported symbols. -.Ip "\f(CW--section-alignment\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-section\-alignment\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--section-alignment" Sets the section alignment. Sections in memory will always begin at addresses which are a multiple of this number. Defaults to 0x1000. -.Ip "\f(CW--stack \fIreserve\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--stack \fIreserve\fR,\fIcommit\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-stack \f(CIreserve\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--stack reserve" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-stack \f(CIreserve\f(CW,\f(CIcommit\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--stack reserve,commit" Specify the amount of memory to reserve (and optionally commit) to be used as stack for this program. The default is 32Mb reserved, 4K committed. -.Ip "\f(CW--subsystem \fIwhich\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--subsystem \fIwhich\fR:\fImajor\fR\fR" 4 -.Ip "\f(CW--subsystem \fIwhich\fR:\fImajor\fR.\fIminor\fR\fR" 4 +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-subsystem \f(CIwhich\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--subsystem which" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-subsystem \f(CIwhich\f(CW:\f(CImajor\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--subsystem which:major" +.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-subsystem \f(CIwhich\f(CW:\f(CImajor\f(CW.\f(CIminor\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 +.IX Item "--subsystem which:major.minor" Specifies the subsystem under which your program will execute. The -legal values for \fIwhich\fR are \f(CWnative\fR, \f(CWwindows\fR, -\f(CWconsole\fR, and \f(CWposix\fR. You may optionally set the +legal values for \fIwhich\fR are \f(CW\*(C`native\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`windows\*(C'\fR, +\&\f(CW\*(C`console\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`posix\*(C'\fR. You may optionally set the subsystem version also. .SH "ENVIRONMENT" -You can change the behavior of \f(CWld\fR with the environment variables -\f(CWGNUTARGET\fR, \f(CWLDEMULATION\fR, and \f(CWCOLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE\fR. +.IX Header "ENVIRONMENT" +You can change the behavior of \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR with the environment variables +\&\f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`LDEMULATION\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE\*(C'\fR. .PP -\f(CWGNUTARGET\fR determines the input-file object format if you don't -use \fB\-b\fR (or its synonym \fB--format\fR). Its value should be one -of the BFD names for an input format. If there is no -\f(CWGNUTARGET\fR in the environment, \f(CWld\fR uses the natural format -of the target. If \f(CWGNUTARGET\fR is set to \f(CWdefault\fR then BFD +\&\f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR determines the input-file object format if you don't +use \fB\-b\fR (or its synonym \fB\*(--format\fR). Its value should be one +of the \s-1BFD\s0 names for an input format. If there is no +\&\f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR in the environment, \f(CW\*(C`ld\*(C'\fR uses the natural format +of the target. If \f(CW\*(C`GNUTARGET\*(C'\fR is set to \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR then \s-1BFD\s0 attempts to discover the input format by examining binary input files; this method often succeeds, but there are potential ambiguities, since there is no method of ensuring that the magic number used to specify object-file formats is unique. However, the configuration procedure for -BFD on each system places the conventional format for that system first +\&\s-1BFD\s0 on each system places the conventional format for that system first in the search-list, so ambiguities are resolved in favor of convention. .PP -\f(CWLDEMULATION\fR determines the default emulation if you don't use the -\fB\-m\fR option. The emulation can affect various aspects of linker +\&\f(CW\*(C`LDEMULATION\*(C'\fR determines the default emulation if you don't use the +\&\fB\-m\fR option. The emulation can affect various aspects of linker behaviour, particularly the default linker script. You can list the -available emulations with the \fB--verbose\fR or \fB\-V\fR options. If -the \fB\-m\fR option is not used, and the \f(CWLDEMULATION\fR environment +available emulations with the \fB\*(--verbose\fR or \fB\-V\fR options. If +the \fB\-m\fR option is not used, and the \f(CW\*(C`LDEMULATION\*(C'\fR environment variable is not defined, the default emulation depends upon how the linker was configured. .PP Normally, the linker will default to demangling symbols. However, if -\f(CWCOLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE\fR is set in the environment, then it will +\&\f(CW\*(C`COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE\*(C'\fR is set in the environment, then it will default to not demangling symbols. This environment variable is used in -a similar fashion by the \f(CWgcc\fR linker wrapper program. The default -may be overridden by the \fB--demangle\fR and \fB--no-demangle\fR +a similar fashion by the \f(CW\*(C`gcc\*(C'\fR linker wrapper program. The default +may be overridden by the \fB\*(--demangle\fR and \fB\*(--no-demangle\fR options. .SH "SEE ALSO" -\fIar\fR\|(1), \fInm\fR\|(1), \fIobjcopy\fR\|(1), \fIobjdump\fR\|(1), \fIreadelf\fR\|(1) and +.IX Header "SEE ALSO" +\&\fIar\fR\|(1), \fInm\fR\|(1), \fIobjcopy\fR\|(1), \fIobjdump\fR\|(1), \fIreadelf\fR\|(1) and the Info entries for \fIbinutils\fR and -\fIld\fR. +\&\fIld\fR. .SH "COPYRIGHT" +.IX Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. .PP Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document -under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 +under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. 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-.IX Item "\f(CW--heap \fIreserve\fR,\fIcommit\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--image-base \fIvalue\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--kill-at\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--major-image-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--major-os-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--major-subsystem-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--minor-image-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--minor-os-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--minor-subsystem-version \fIvalue\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--output-def \fIfile\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--section-alignment\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--stack \fIreserve\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--stack \fIreserve\fR,\fIcommit\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--subsystem \fIwhich\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--subsystem \fIwhich\fR:\fImajor\fR\fR" - -.IX Item "\f(CW--subsystem \fIwhich\fR:\fImajor\fR.\fIminor\fR\fR" - -.IX Header "ENVIRONMENT" - -.IX Header "SEE ALSO" - -.IX Header "COPYRIGHT" - +section entitled \*(L"\s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License\*(R". diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 354d2a7..556f3ca 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -966,6 +966,7 @@ demangle by default unless the environment variable @samp{COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE} is set. These options may be used to override the default. @cindex dynamic linker, from command line +@kindex -I@var{file} @kindex --dynamic-linker @var{file} @item --dynamic-linker @var{file} Set the name of the dynamic linker. This is only meaningful when diff --git a/ld/lexsup.c b/ld/lexsup.c index 30e1665..5a17985 100644 --- a/ld/lexsup.c +++ b/ld/lexsup.c @@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ static const struct ld_option ld_options[] = TWO_DASHES }, { {"soname", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_SONAME}, 'h', N_("FILENAME"), N_("Set internal name of shared library"), ONE_DASH }, + { {"dynamic-linker", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_DYNAMIC_LINKER}, + 'I', N_("PROGRAM"), N_("Set the dynamic linker to use"), TWO_DASHES }, { {"library", required_argument, NULL, 'l'}, 'l', N_("LIBNAME"), N_("Search for library LIBNAME"), TWO_DASHES }, { {"library-path", required_argument, NULL, 'L'}, @@ -290,8 +292,6 @@ static const struct ld_option ld_options[] = '\0', N_("SYMBOL=EXPRESSION"), N_("Define a symbol"), TWO_DASHES }, { {"demangle", optional_argument, NULL, OPTION_DEMANGLE}, '\0', N_("[=STYLE]"), N_("Demangle symbol names [using STYLE]"), TWO_DASHES }, - { {"dynamic-linker", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_DYNAMIC_LINKER}, - '\0', N_("PROGRAM"), N_("Set the dynamic linker to use"), TWO_DASHES }, { {"embedded-relocs", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_EMBEDDED_RELOCS}, '\0', NULL, N_("Generate embedded relocs"), TWO_DASHES}, { {"fini", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_FINI}, @@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ parse_args (argc, argv) cplus_demangle_set_style (style); } break; + case 'I': /* Used on Solaris. */ case OPTION_DYNAMIC_LINKER: command_line.interpreter = optarg; break; |