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Diffstat (limited to 'ld/NEWS')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -298,9 +298,11 @@ Changes in version 2.7: Changes in version 2.6: * When an ELF section name is representable as a C identifier (this is not true -of most ELF section names), the linker will automatically define symbols -__start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME, where SECNAME is the section name, at the -beginning and the end of the section. This is used by glibc. + of most ELF section names), *and* the section is not explicitly handled by + the linker script (ie it is an orphaned section) then the linker will + automatically PROVIDE symbols __start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME, where + SECNAME is the section name, at the beginning and the end of the section. + This is used by glibc. * When an ELF section named .gnu.warning is encountered in an input file, the contents of the section are displayed as an error message, and the section is |