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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.
-
- Copyright (C) 2012-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
- are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
- notice and this notice are preserved.
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