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diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index bfc2643..b1dff79 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -7585,6 +7585,15 @@ by @command{ld} and respected when laying out the common symbols. Native tools will be able to process object files employing this GNU extension, but will fail to respect the alignment instructions, and may issue noisy warnings about unknown linker directives. + +@cindex default manifest +@item default manifest +The linker will automatically add a default manifest to the .rsrc +section of any fully linked cygwin or MingGW binary. This manifest is +necessary in order to be able to execute the binary under Windows 8 +(or later). An application can supply its own manifest, and if it +does so then this manifest will be used in preference to the default +one. @end table @ifclear GENERIC |