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| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 10 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog index 8687d9a..00a4518 100644 --- a/ld/ChangeLog +++ b/ld/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +Mon Oct 7 17:29:05 1996 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com> + + * ld.texinfo (Options): Mention .so extensions for shared + libraries. + Sun Oct 6 22:35:36 1996 Jason Merrill <jason@yorick.cygnus.com> * scripttempl/elf{,mips,ppc}.sc: Add DWARF 2 sections. diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 16ebb69..ad2a640 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -389,8 +389,14 @@ Perform an incremental link (same as option @samp{-r}). Add archive file @var{archive} to the list of files to link. This option may be used any number of times. @code{ld} will search its path-list for occurrences of @code{lib@var{archive}.a} for every -@var{archive} specified. File extensions other than @code{.a} may be -used on certain systems. +@var{archive} specified. + +On systems which support shared libraries, @code{ld} may also search for +libraries with extensions other than @code{.a}. Specifically, on ELF +and SunOS systems, @code{ld} will search a directory for a library with +an extension of @code{.so} before searching for one with an extension of +@code{.a}. By convention, a @code{.so} extension indicates a shared +library. The linker will search an archive only once, at the location where it is specified on the command line. If the archive defines a symbol which |