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| author | Michael Matz <matz@suse.de> | 2011-08-22 12:35:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Matz <matz@suse.de> | 2011-08-22 12:35:09 +0000 |
| commit | ca20c12bdea10c349b47acbfd161aaf217e68c02 (patch) | |
| tree | 8b19c6027417dceaa6c1e19ceb1b480facc06d6f /ld/ld.texinfo | |
| parent | 14e97a13ae8e039f39ba4c4b41342ec16fc61470 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-redhat-ca20c12bdea10c349b47acbfd161aaf217e68c02.tar.gz | |
* ldmain.c (add_DT_NEEDED_for_dynamic): Default to FALSE.
* ld.texinfo (--copy-dt-needed-entries): Mention new default.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/ld.texinfo')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 21 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 94079e23a6..592e38cefb 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -1258,21 +1258,20 @@ option. @itemx --no-copy-dt-needed-entries This option affects the treatment of dynamic libraries referred to by DT_NEEDED tags @emph{inside} ELF dynamic libraries mentioned on the -command line. Normally the linker will add a DT_NEEDED tag to the +command line. Normally the linker won't add a DT_NEEDED tag to the output binary for each library mentioned in a DT_NEEDED tag in an -input dynamic library. With @option{--no-copy-dt-needed-entries} +input dynamic library. With @option{--copy-dt-needed-entries} specified on the command line however any dynamic libraries that -follow it will have their DT_NEEDED entries ignored. The default -behaviour can be restored with @option{--copy-dt-needed-entries}. +follow it will have their DT_NEEDED entries added. The default +behaviour can be restored with @option{--no-copy-dt-needed-entries}. This option also has an effect on the resolution of symbols in dynamic -libraries. With the default setting dynamic libraries mentioned on -the command line will be recursively searched, following their -DT_NEEDED tags to other libraries, in order to resolve symbols -required by the output binary. With -@option{--no-copy-dt-needed-entries} specified however the searching -of dynamic libraries that follow it will stop with the dynamic -library itself. No DT_NEEDED links will be traversed to resolve +libraries. With @option{--copy-dt-needed-entries} dynamic libraries +mentioned on the command line will be recursively searched, following +their DT_NEEDED tags to other libraries, in order to resolve symbols +required by the output binary. With the default setting however +the searching of dynamic libraries that follow it will stop with the +dynamic library itself. No DT_NEEDED links will be traversed to resolve symbols. @cindex cross reference table |