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Diffstat (limited to 'ld/ld.texinfo')
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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index b532195..ed90fab 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -327,19 +327,31 @@ dynamic symbol table. Normally, the dynamic symbol table contains only symbols which are used by a dynamic object. This option is needed for some uses of @code{dlopen}. -@ifclear SingleFormat +@kindex -f +@kindex --auxiliary +@item -f +@itemx --auxiliary @var{name} +When creating an ELF shared object, set the internal DT_AUXILIARY 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 +symbol table of the shared object @var{name}. + @kindex -F -@item -F -@itemx -F@var{format} -Ignored. Some older linkers used this option throughout a compilation +@kindex --filter +@item -F @var{name} +@itemx --filter @var{name} +When creating an ELF shared object, set the internal DT_FILTER field to +the specified name. This tells the dynamic linker that the symbol table +of the shared object should be used as a filter on the symbol table of +the shared object @var{name}. + +Some older linkers used the @code{-F} option throughout a compilation toolchain for specifying object-file format for both input and output -object files. The mechanisms @code{ld} uses for this purpose (the -@samp{-b} or @samp{--format} options for input files, @samp{--oformat} -option or the @code{TARGET} command in linker scripts for output files, -the @code{GNUTARGET} environment variable) are more flexible, but -@code{ld} accepts the @samp{-F} option for compatibility with scripts -written to call the old linker. -@end ifclear +object files. The @sc{gnu} linker uses other mechanisms for this +purpose: the @code{-b}, @code{--format}, @code{--oformat} options, the +@code{TARGET} command in linker scripts, and the @code{GNUTARGET} +environment variable. The @sc{gnu} linker will ignore the @code{-F} +option when not creating an ELF shared object. @kindex --force-exe-suffix @item --force-exe-suffix @@ -3236,10 +3248,11 @@ the necessary information, such as the test case, on the assumption that a patch is all we need. We might see problems with your patch and decide to fix the problem another way, or we might not understand it at all. -Sometimes with a program as complicated as @code{@value{AS}} it is very hard to -construct an example that will make the program follow a certain path through -the code. If you do not send us the example, we will not be able to construct -one, so we will not be able to verify that the bug is fixed. +Sometimes with a program as complicated as @code{ld} it is very hard to +construct an example that will make the program follow a certain path +through the code. If you do not send us the example, we will not be +able to construct one, so we will not be able to verify that the bug is +fixed. And if we cannot understand what bug you are trying to fix, or why your patch should be an improvement, we will not install it. A test case will |