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| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 12 |
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diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 6353fd1..cc01546 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -3497,6 +3497,7 @@ dlltool [@option{-d}|@option{--input-def} @var{def-file-name}] [@option{-e}|@option{--output-exp} @var{exports-file-name}] [@option{-z}|@option{--output-def} @var{def-file-name}] [@option{-l}|@option{--output-lib} @var{library-file-name}] + [@option{-y}|@option{--output-delaylib} @var{library-file-name}] [@option{--export-all-symbols}] [@option{--no-export-all-symbols}] [@option{--exclude-symbols} @var{list}] [@option{--no-default-excludes}] @@ -3563,6 +3564,13 @@ will link with in order to access the functions in the DLL (an `import library'). This file can be created by giving the @option{-l} option to dlltool when it is creating or reading in a @file{.def} file. +If the @option{-y} option is specified, dlltool generates a delay-import +library that can be used instead of the normal import library to allow +a program to link to the dll only as soon as an imported function is +called for the first time. The resulting executable will need to be +linked to the static delayimp library containing __delayLoadHelper2(), +which in turn will import LoadLibraryA and GetProcAddress from kernel32. + @command{dlltool} builds the library file by hand, but it builds the exports file by creating temporary files containing assembler statements and then assembling these. The @option{-S} command line option can be @@ -3621,6 +3629,10 @@ Specifies the name of the @file{.def} file to be created by dlltool. @itemx --output-lib @var{filename} Specifies the name of the library file to be created by dlltool. +@item -y @var{filename} +@itemx --output-delaylib @var{filename} +Specifies the name of the delay-import library file to be created by dlltool. + @item --export-all-symbols Treat all global and weak defined symbols found in the input object files as symbols to be exported. There is a small list of symbols which |