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@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2007-03-03 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + * modules/relocatable-prog: Renamed from modules/relocatable. + * doc/relocatable-maint.texi: Talk about module 'relocatable-prog'. + +2007-03-03 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + * modules/relocatable-script (Files): Add doc/relocatable.texi, m4/relocatable-lib.m4. (Depends-on): Remove 'relocatable'. diff --git a/doc/relocatable-maint.texi b/doc/relocatable-maint.texi index da57402a4b..62d778b140 100644 --- a/doc/relocatable-maint.texi +++ b/doc/relocatable-maint.texi @@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ and moved programs, and invoke them through the symlink. It is possible to do the same thing with a hard link @emph{only} if the hard link file is in the same directory as the real program. -The @code{relocatable} module aims to ease the process of making a GNU -program relocatable. It helps overcome two obstacles. First, it aids +The @code{relocatable-prog} module aims to ease the process of making a +GNU program relocatable. It helps overcome two obstacles. First, it aids with relocating the hard-coded references to absolute file names that GNU programs often contain. These references must be fixed up at runtime if a program is to be successfully relocated. The -@code{relocatable} module provides a function @code{relocate} that +@code{relocatable-prog} module provides a function @code{relocate} that does this job. Second, the loader must be able to find shared libraries linked to relocatable executables or referenced by other shared libraries linked -to relocatable executables. The @code{relocatable} module helps out +to relocatable executables. The @code{relocatable-prog} module helps out here in a platform-specific way: @itemize @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ You can make your program relocatable by following these steps: @enumerate @item -Import the @code{relocatable} module. +Import the @code{relocatable-prog} module. @item In every program, add to @code{main} as the first statement (even |