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Diffstat (limited to 'man/ld86.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/ld86.1 | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ output file name follows strip symbols .TP .B -r -Generate a relocatable object from one source object, note this only works -when creating native (-N) binaries. +Generate a relocatable object from one source object, if the linker is +given the -N option also the output format will be the hosts native format +if possible. .TP .B -t trace modules being looked at on stdout @@ -102,10 +103,12 @@ The previous versions of the linker could produce an 8086 executable with segments of a size >64k, now only i386 executables may have segments this large. -The output format for the -r option has changed. - .SH BUGS The linker cannot deal with reverse seeks caused by .B org instructions in the object file. Unlike previous versions the current one traps the error rather than trying to fill up the hard disk. + +The linker produces a broken a.out object file if given one input and the +.B -r +option this is so it is compatible with pre-dev86 versions. |