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| author | Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> | 2009-03-03 18:22:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> | 2009-03-03 18:22:11 +0000 |
| commit | a332747c1cc636f9011f91edac367db31866b727 (patch) | |
| tree | 169eaab99f56463d8d4ed06216b704e7d9c342d9 /ld/NEWS | |
| parent | f36bde40a15ee364f3960ef5599775ef4a62f136 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-redhat-a332747c1cc636f9011f91edac367db31866b727.tar.gz | |
* emultempl/pe.em (debug_section_p): New bfd_map_over_sections hook.
(gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Use it to iterate all sections
of all input BFDs, looking for debug info. Enable long section names
if any found.
* emultempl/pe.em (debug_section_p): Likewise.
(gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Likewise.
* NEWS: Retrospectively adjust news announcement.
* ld.texinfo: Update documentation to mention new behaviour.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/NEWS | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ * PE targets no longer make use of the long section names PE extension to the COFF format when generating executable images, by default. The old (slightly non-conformant) behaviour can still be invoked by using the - new '--enable-long-section-names' command-line option. + new '--enable-long-section-names' command-line option. It is also enabled + automatically in the presence of un-stripped debug information, as GDB + needs to be able to find the debug info sections by their full names. * --as-needed now links in a dynamic library if it satisfies undefined symbols in regular objects, or in other dynamic libraries. In the |