The elf32-kvx.c and elf64-kvx.c rules in the bfd makefile are
different to the other similar generated files, and that reminded me
that we need to have $srcdir in the generated #line reference back to
the source for debugging, but don't want it for comments in bfd.pot
(because then bfd.pot will likely reference Nick's source tree).
This patch fixes that by making all the #line use $srcdir by virtue of
using $<, and edits bfd.pot.
I also uniq list of files to remove duplicated elfxx-x86.c, sort lists
of files and regen with our standard automake/autoconf.
* configure: Regenerate.
bfd/
* Makefile.am: Sort various lists of files. Use $< in #line
directive of generated C files.
(po/SRC-POTFILES.in): uniq SRC_POTFILES.
(po/BLD-POTFILES.in): uniq BFD_POTFILES.
* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
* po/Make-in (bfd.pot): Edit out source dir from comments.
* po/SRC-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
gas/
* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
* configure: Regenerate.
* po/POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
ld/
* Makefile.am (ALL_64_EMULATION_SOURCES): Sort.
* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
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README for LD
This is the GNU linker. It is distributed with other "binary
utilities" which should be in ../binutils. See ../binutils/README for
more general notes, including where to send bug reports.
There are many features of the linker:
* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
that it uses to read and write object files. This helps
insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.
* The linker supports a number of different object file
formats. It can even handle multiple formats at once:
Read two input formats and write a third.
* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.
* The linker supports a control language.
* There is a user manual (ld.texi), as well as the
beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texi).
Installation
============
See ../binutils/README.
If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile
or using the --with-lib-path configure switch.
To build just the linker, make the target all-ld from the top level
directory (one directory above this one).
Porting to a new target
=======================
See the ldint.texi manual.
Reporting bugs etc
===========================
See ../binutils/README.
Known problems
==============
The Solaris linker normally exports all dynamic symbols from an
executable. The GNU linker does not do this by default. This is
because the GNU linker tries to present the same interface for all
similar targets (in this case, all native ELF targets). This does not
matter for normal programs, but it can make a difference for programs
which try to dlopen an executable, such as PERL or Tcl. You can make
the GNU linker export all dynamic symbols with the -E or
--export-dynamic command line option.
HP/UX 9.01 has a shell bug that causes the linker scripts to be
generated incorrectly. The symptom of this appears to be "fatal error
- scanner input buffer overflow" error messages. There are various
workarounds to this:
* Build and install bash, and build with "make SHELL=bash".
* Update to a version of HP/UX with a working shell (e.g., 9.05).
* Replace "(. ${srcdir}/scripttempl/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sc)" in
genscripts.sh with "sh ${srcdir}..." (no parens) and make sure the
emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.
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