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@@ -444,6 +444,10 @@ back to the symbols defined by the program, rather than some other
dynamic object, then you will probably need to use this option when
linking the program itself.
+You can also use the version script to control what symbols should
+be added to the dynamic symbol table if the output format supports it.
+See the description of @samp{--version-script} in @ref{VERSION}.
+
@cindex big-endian objects
@cindex endianness
@kindex -EB
@@ -3537,6 +3541,17 @@ within the shared library, you can use the aliases of convenience
(i.e. @samp{old_foo}), or you can use the @samp{.symver} directive to
specifically bind to an external version of the function in question.
+You can also specify the language in the version script:
+
+@smallexample
+VERSION extern "lang" @{ version-script-commands @}
+@end smallexample
+
+The supported @samp{lang}s are @samp{C}, @samp{C++}, and @samp{Java}.
+The linker will iterate over the list of symbols at the link time and
+demangle them according to @samp{lang} before matching them to the
+patterns specified in @samp{version-script-commands}.
+
@node Expressions
@section Expressions in Linker Scripts
@cindex expressions