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diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog index c4cbd7b..214783f 100644 --- a/ld/ChangeLog +++ b/ld/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Thu Mar 30 13:09:46 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com> + + * ld.texinfo, ld.1: Document the -no-keep-memory option. + Mon Mar 27 11:10:08 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com> * ldmain.c (main): Revert patch of March 10, since the SVR4 linker @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ ld \- the GNU linker \&\|] .RB "[\|" \-n | \-N "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-noinhibit-exec "\|]" +.RB "[\|" \-no\-keep\-memory "\|]" .RB "[\|" "\-oformat\ "\c .I output-format\c \&\|] @@ -604,6 +605,14 @@ errors during the link process. With this flag, you can specify that you wish the output file retained even after non-fatal errors. .TP +.B \-no\-keep\-memory +The linker normally optimizes for speed over memory usage by caching +the symbol tables of input files in memory. This option tells the +linker to instead optimize for memory usage, by rereading the symbol +tables as necessary. This may be required if the linker runs out of +memory space while linking a large executable. + +.TP .BI "\-o " "output"\c \& .I output\c |