README revision 33965 
1This is a BETA release of a completely rewritten GNU linker.
2It is distributed with other "binary utilities" which should
3be in ../binutils.  See ../binutils/README for more general notes,
4including where to send bug reports.
5
6There are many new features of the linker:
7
8* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
9  that it uses to read and write object files.  This helps
10  insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.
11
12* The linker support a number of different object file
13  formats.  It can even handle multiple formats at once:
14  Read two input formats and write a third.
15
16* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.
17
18* The linker contains a control language.
19
20* There is a user manual (ld.texinfo), as well as the
21  beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texinfo).
22
23Installation
24============
25
26See ../binutils/README.
27
28If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
29a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
30You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile.
31
32To build just the linker, make the target all-ld.
33
34Porting to a new target
35=======================
36
37See the ldint.texinfo manual.
38
39Reporting bugs etc
40===========================
41See ../binutils/README.
42
43Known problems
44==============
45
46HP/UX 9.01 has a shell bug that causes the linker scripts to be
47generated incorrectly.  The symptom of this appears to be "fatal error
48- scanner input buffer overflow" error messages.  There are various
49workarounds to this:
50  * Build and install bash, and build with "make SHELL=bash".
51  * Update to a version of HP/UX with a working shell (e.g., 9.05).
52  * Replace "(. ${srcdir}/scripttempl/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sc)" in
53    genscripts.sh with "sh ${srcdir}..." (no parens) and make sure the
54    emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.
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