Regenerate configure to include the gettext.m4 change. Update

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / ld / ChangeLog

2001-10-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * configure: Regenerate.

2001-10-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * ldver.h (ld_program_version): Remove declaration.
        * lexsup.c (parse_args): Move printing of copyright message..
        * ldver.c (ldversion): .. to here.
        Use BFD_VERSION_STRING in place of BFD_VERSION.
        (ld_program_version): Remove.
        * Makefile.am (Makefile): Depend on bfd/configure.in.
        Run "make dep-am".
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2001-09-30  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>

        * Makefile.am: Update dependencies with "make dep-am".
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2001-09-29  John Reiser  <jreiser@BitWagon.com>

        * ldlang.c (lang_common): Conditionally inhibit Common allocation.
        * lexsup.c: Add --no-define-common commandline option.
        * ldgram.y: Add INHIBIT_COMMON_ALLOCATION script command.
        * ldlex.l: Likewise.
        * ld.h: Add command_line.inhibit_common_definition.
        * ldmain.c (main): Initialize.
        * ld.texinfo: Document.

2001-09-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * ldmisc.c (USE_STDARG): Remove.
        (info_msg): Define using VPARAMS, VA_OPEN, VA_FIXEDARG, VA_CLOSE.
        (einfo): Likewise.
        (minfo): Likewise.
        (lfinfo): Likewise.

        * ldmisc.h: Remove #ifdef ANSI_PROTOTYPES and non-ansi
        declarations.  Update copyright.

2001-09-24  Charles Wilson  <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>

        * pe-dll.c: Remove obsoleted declaration of
        pe_get_data_import_dll_name.
        (pe_create_import_fixup): Fix thinko.

        * ld.texinfo(enable-auto-import): Clarify the explanation.

2001-09-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>

        * pe-dll.c (pe_create_import_fixup): Revert previous patch.
        * emultemp/pe.em (pe_data_import_dll): Move definition outside of
        DLL_SUPPORT controlled code.

2001-09-24  Charles Wilson  <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
 
        * emultempl/pe.em(pe_data_import_dll): Make static.
        (pe_get_data_import_dll_name): New accessor function.
        * pe-dll.c(pe_create_import_fixup): call 
        pe_get_data_import_dll_name() from pe.em, instead of
        directly accessing pe_data_import_dll variable from pe.em.

2001-09-18  Bruno Haible  <haible@clisp.cons.org>

        * deffilep.y: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (def_file_add_directive): Use ISSPACE instead of isspace.
        (def_lex): Use ISDIGIT/ISXDIGIT/ISALPHA/ISALNUM instead of
        isdigit/isxdigit/isalpha/isalnum.
        * emultempl/aix.em: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_read_file): Use ISSPACE instead of isspace.
        * emultempl/elf32.em: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Use ISALNUM instead of
        isalnum.
        * emultempl/gld960c.em: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (gld960_set_output_arch): Use ISUPPER/TOLOWER instead of
        isupper/tolower.
        * emultempl/sunos.em: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_dir): Use ISDIGIT instead of isdigit.
        * ldctor.c: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (ctor_prio): Use ISDIGIT instead of isdigit.
        * ldfile.c: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (ldfile_open_file_search): Use ISALPHA instead of isalpha.
        (ldfile_add_arch): Use ISUPPER/TOLOWER instead of
        isupper/tolower.
        * ldlang.c: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (stricpy): Use TOLOWER instead of isupper/tolower.
        (lang_leave_overlay_section): Use ISALNUM instead of isalnum.
        * ldlex.l: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (lex_warn_invalid): Use ISPRINT instead of isprint.
        * ldmain.c: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (main): For gettext, also set the LC_CTYPE locate facet.
        (add_keepsyms_file): Use ISSPACE instead of isspace.
        * lexsup.c: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (is_num, parse_args): Use ISDIGIT instead of isdigit.
        * mpw-elfmips.c: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (gldelf32ebmip_place_orphan): Use ISALNUM instead of isalnum.
        * mpw-eppcmac.c: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (gldppcmacos_read_file): Use ISSPACE instead of isspace.
        * pe-dll.c: Include "safe-ctype.h" instead of <ctype.h>.
        (quoteput): Use ISSPACE instead of isspace.
        (pe_dll_generate_implib, pe_process_import_defs): Use ISALNUM
        instead of isalnum.

2001-09-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * deffilep.y (def_stash_module): Constify "name" param.

        * pe-dll.c: Replace CONST with const throughout.
        (quick_symbol): Constify "n1", "n2", "n3" params.
        (make_singleton_name_thunk): Constify "import" param.  Make
        "buffer_len" a size_t.
        (make_import_fixup_entry): Constify "name", "fixup_name",
        "dll_symname" params.
        (pe_get16): Cast args of bfd_seek.  Replace bfd_read with bfd_bread.
        (pe_get32): Likewise.
        (pe_implied_import_dll): Likewise.

        * emultempl/beos.em (sort_by_file_name): Constify "ra", "rb".
        (sort_by_section_name): Likewise.

        * emultempl/pe.em: Move defines for arm_epoc_pe before bfd.h included.
        (make_import_fixup): Cast printf arg, rel->address to long rather
        than int.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Don't compare NULL against int.

2001-09-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * ldmain.c (main): Rename BufferSize to ld_bufsz because HPUX
        defines BufferSize.  Increase buffer size by one.

2001-09-14  Ralf Habacker <Ralf.Habacker@freenet.de>

        * pe-dll.c (pe_walk_relocs_of_symbol): Fix memory leak.

2001-09-14  Kevin Lo <kevlo@openbsd.org>

        * configure.tgt: Add arm-openbsd target.

2001-09-12  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Move eelf64ppc.o and
        eelf64lppc.o to ...
        (ALL_64_EMULATIONS): Here.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerated.

2001-09-12  Paul Sokolovsky  <Paul.Sokolovsky@technologist.com>

        * emultempl/pe.em(make_import_fixup): change signature to
        take asection as well as arelec; we need this for proper
        error reporting.  Only call pe_create_import_fixup() if 
        there is no attempt to add a constant addend to the reloc;
        otherwise, report error condition.
        * pe-dll.c(pe_walk_relocs_of_symbol): change signature,
        since final argument is a pointer to make_import_fixup().
        Change call to cb() to match make_import_fixup() signature.
        (make_import_fixup_mark): make buffer_len unsigned.
        * pe-dll.h: change signature of pe_walk_relocs_of_symbol.

2001-09-12  Charles Wilson  <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>

        * ld.texinfo: add verbose documentation for auto-import
        direct-addressing workaround, to compliment the terse 
        error message.

2001-09-12  Andrew MacLeod  <amacleod@redhat.com>

     * scripttempl/v850.sc: Add gcc_except_table sections.

Fri Sep  7 11:34:24 2001  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * emulparams/h8300helf.sh: Move stack to a much higher memory address.
        * emulparams/h8300self.sh: Similarly.

2001-09-05 Danny Smith <dannysmith@users.souceforge.net>

        * ld.texinfo (Options, --stack): Correct default value for stack
        reserve.

2001-09-05  Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/aix.em : Handle import file XMC_XO and syscall symbols.
        
2001-09-03  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

        * emultempl/beos.em: Declare prototypes for comparions functions,
        adjust definitions.

2001-09-02  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

        * emultempl/aix.em: Add missing prototype.
        * emultempl/lnk960.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/vanilla.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/armcoff.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/armelf_oabi.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/beos.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/gld960c.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/gld960.em: Likewise.

        * emulparams/elf64alpha.sh (PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE): Add parameter
        for prototype declaration.

2001-08-31  Eric Christopher  <echristo@redhat.com>
            Jason Eckhardt  <jle@redhat.com>

        * ldmain.c (get_emulation): Add support for -mips32 and -mips64.

2001-08-31  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

        * emultempl/pe.em: Add missing prototypes.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Remove extra args to
        pe_find_data_imports.
        (pr_sym): Add unused attribute.

2001-08-29  Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>

        * configure.tgt (i[3456]86-*-rtems*, m68*-*-rtems*): Change
        default from coff to elf.

2001-08-29  Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>

        * emulparams/h8300helf.sh: Resync with h8300elf.sh.  Update
        ARCH specification.
        * emulparams/h8300self.sh: Similarly.

Wed Aug 28 13:37:20 2001  J"orn Rennecke <amylaar@redhat.com>

        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Add eh8300elf.o, eh8300elf.o and
        eh8300self.o .
        (eh8300elf.c, eh8300helf.c, eh8300self.c): New targets.
        * configure.tgt (h8300-*-elf*): New case.
        * emulparams/h8300elf.sh, emulparams/h8300helf.sh: New files.
        * emulparams/h8300self.sh: New file.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerated.

2001-08-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>

        * ldmain.c (main): Rename BSIZE to BufferSize to avoid collision
        with macro name.

2001-08-27  Linus Nordberg  <linus@swox.com>
            Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Add eelf64ppc.o and eelf64lppc.o.
        (eelf64ppc.c, eelf64lppc.c): Add make targets.
        Run "make dep-am"
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * configure.tgt: Add powerpc64 support.  Move pdp11, pjl, pj
        entries to correct alphabetical position.
        * emulparams/elf64ppc.sh: New.
        * emulparams/elf64lppc.sh: New.

2001-08-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>

        * ldmain.c (main): Declare BSIZE as static.

2001-08-23  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (place_orphan): Place orphan .rel* sections
        into .rel.dyn resp. .rela.dyn if combreloc.
        (get_script): If .x linker script is equal to .xn, only put it
        once into the binary.
        Add .xc and .xsc scripts.
        (parse_args): Handle -z combreloc and -z nocombreloc.
        * scripttempl/elf.sc (.rela.sbss): Fix a typo.
        For .xc and .xsc scripts put all .rel* or .rela* input sections
        but .rel*.plt and PLT-like sections into .rel.dyn resp. .rela.dyn.
        * genscripts.sh (GENERATE_COMBRELOC_SCRIPT): Set if SCRIPT_NAME
        is elf.
        Strip trailing whitespace from script.
        Generate .xc and .xsc scripts if requested.
        * ldmain.c (main): Initialize link_info.combreloc and
        link_info.spare_dynamic_tags.
        * lexsup.c (OPTION_SPARE_DYNAMIC_TAGS): Define.
        (ld_options): Add --spare-dynamic-tags option.
        (parse_args): Likewise.
        * ld.texinfo: Document -z combreloc and -z nocombreloc.
        * ldint.texinfo: Document .xc and .xsc linker scripts.
        * NEWS: Add notes about -z combreloc and SHF_MERGE.

2001-08-22  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emulparams/elf32fr30.sh: Add a newline.

2001-08-21  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

        * deffilep.y: Add missing prototypes.
        * pe-dll.c: Likewise.

2001-08-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * ldlang.c (insert_pad): Fix typos in last patch.

        * ldlang.c: When traversing lang_statement_union_type lists,
        consistently use "header.next" rather than "next".
        * mpw-eppcmac.c: Likewise.
        * emultempl/beos.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/hppaelf.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/pe.em: Likewise.
        * ldlang.h (union lang_statement_union): Remove "next" field.

        * ldlang.c (insert_pad): Use offsetof macro.
        (lang_size_sections): Always neuter padding statements.
        * emultempl/hppaelf.em (hppaelf_delete_padding_statements): Delete.

        * pe-dll.c (pe_dll_fill_sections): Correct type of "relax" param
        passed to lang_size_sections.
        (pe_exe_fill_sections): Likewise.
        * emultempl/pe.em (output_prev_sec_find): Copied from elf32.em.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Merge from elf32.em.

2001-08-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * emultempl/aix.em: Formatting fixes.

2001-08-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * ldlang.c (insert_pad): Make use of an existing pad statement if
        available.  Move code calculating alignment, adjusting section
        alignment power, and adjusting dot to ..
        (size_input_section): .. here.  Remove unused relax param.
        (lang_size_sections): Change boolean `relax' param to boolean *.
        Adjust call to size_input_section.  Make use of insert_pad to
        place pad after the assignment statement.  If relaxing, zap
        padding statements.
        (reset_memory_regions): Reset output_bfd section sizes too.
        (relax_again): Move to..
        (lang_process): ..here.  Adjust call to lang_size_sections, and
        remove duplicated code.
        * ldlang.h (lang_size_sections): Change `relax' param to boolean *.

2001-08-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * ld.texinfo: Document that fill values now use the four least
        significant bytes.
        * emulparams/elf32fr30.sh (NOP): Update.
        * emulparams/elf32mcore.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf64_s390.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf_i386.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf_i386_be.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf_i386_chaos.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf_i386_ldso.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf_s390.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf_x86_64.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/i386moss.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/i386nw.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/m68kelf.sh: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/elf.sc: Update NOP comment.
        * scripttempl/elfi370.sc: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/elfm68hc11.sc: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/elfm68hc12.sc: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/nw.sc: Likewise.

2001-08-15  Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>

        * ldgram.y (saved_script_handle): Initialize to NULL.
        * ldmain.c (main): Change check on saved_script_handle.

2001-08-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em: Formatting fixes.
        (output_prev_sec_find): Test for bfd_ind_section too;  do so by
        looking at sec->owner.
        (output_rel_find): Move function inside LDEMUL_PLACE_ORPHAN test.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Add a few comments.  Remove
        unused code, and reorganize orphan section placement code.

        * ldlang.c (wild_doit): Rename to lang_add_section.
        * ldlang.h: Here too.
        * mpw-elfmips.c: And here.
        * emultempl/beos.em: And here.
        * emultempl/elf32.em: And here.
        * emultempl/hppaelf.em: And here.
        * emultempl/pe.em: And here.

2001-08-13  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/needrelax.em: New file.
        * emulparams/elf64_ia64.sh (EXTRA_EM_FILE): Reference it.
        * Makefile.am (eelf64_ia64.c): Depend on it.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2001-08-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em: For SEC_EXCLUDE sections, ensure that
        output_section is set non-NULL.

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Return
        `true' for SEC_EXCLUDE sections so that the generic code doesn't
        needlessly create an output_section_statement.  Treat a correctly
        named output_section_statement with NULL bfd_section as compatible.

2001-08-13  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>

        * emultempl/generic.em: Support EXTRA_EM_FILE.
        (ld_${EMULATION_NAME}_emulation): Support emulation parameters
        LDEMUL_BEFORE_PARSE, LDEMUL_SYSLIB, LDEMUL_HLL,
        LDEMUL_AFTER_PARSE, LDEMUL_AFTER_OPEN, LDEMUL_AFTER_ALLOCATION,
        LDEMUL_SET_OUTPUT_ARCH, LDEMUL_CHOOSE_TARGET,
        LDEMUL_BEFORE_ALLOCATION, LDEMUL_GET_SCRIPT, LDEMUL_FINISH,
        LDEMUL_CREATE_OUTPUT_SECTION_STATEMENTS,
        LDEMUL_OPEN_DYNAMIC_ARCHIVE, LDEMUL_PLACE_ORPHAN,
        LDEMUL_SET_SYMBOLS, LDEMUL_PARSE_ARGS, LDEMUL_UNRECOGNIZED_FILE,
        LDEMUL_LIST_OPTIONS, LDEMUL_RECOGNIZED_FILE,
        LDEMUL_FIND_POTENTIAL_LIBRARIES.

2001-08-12  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>

        * scripttempl/elf.sc, scripttempl/elfd30v.sc,
        scripttempl/elfm68hc11.sc, scripttempl/elfm68hc12.sc,
        scripttempl/v850.sc: Keep .jcr data.

2001-08-12  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>
            Andrew Haley  <aph@cambridge.redhat.com>
            Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * ldgram.y (had_script): Change name to saved_script_handle.
        Change type to file handle.
        * ld.h (had_script): Rename and retype.
        * ldfile.c (ldfile_open_command_file): Save the file handle
        used in saved_script_handle.
        * lexsup.c (parse_args): Do not allow -c option to alter
        saved_script_handle.
        * ldmain.c (main): Print out the linker script used if
        --verbose is given.  Check saved_script_handle to obtain the
        external linker script used, or if NULL, dump the builtin
        script.
        * ld.texinfo: Document that --verbose now dumps the linker
        script used, regardless of whether it was an internal or an
        external script.

2001-08-10  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

        * configure.in: Add -Wstrict-prototypes and -Wmissing-prototypes
        to build warnings.
        * configure: Regenerate.

2001-08-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (output_prev_sec_find): Add missing prototype.

        * scripttempl/elf.sc: Move non-text .dynamic section before
        .plt/.got/.sdata* group.
        (OTHER_GOT_SECTIONS): Move to immediately after .got.
        (OTHER_SDATA_SECTIONS): Add.
        * emulparams/criself.sh: Use OTHER_SDATA_SECTIONS rather than
        OTHER_GOT_SECTIONS.
        * emulparams/crislinux.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32b4300.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32bmip.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32bmipn32.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32bsmip.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32btsmip.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32ebmip.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32elmip.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32l4300.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32lmip.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32lsmip.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32ltsmip.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf64bmip.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf64btsmip.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf64ltsmip.sh: Likewise.

2001-08-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * genscripts.sh: Source the emulparams script before each output
        script is generated so that variables like `RELOCATING' may affect
        variables defined in the emulparams script.

2001-08-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * emultempl/aix.em: ldexp.h,ldlang.h,ldfile.h,ldemul.h go in this
        order.

        * emultempl/beos.em (sort_sections): Modify for 2001-08-03 change,
        ie. iterate over wild_statement.section_list.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Likewise.

2001-08-03  Stephane Carrez  <Stephane.Carrez@worldnet.fr>

        * scripttempl/elfm68hc12.sc (FINISH_CODE, FINISH_RELOC): New to handle
        .fini[0-4] sections used by _exit
        (CTOR, DTOR): Export ctor/dtor symbols; move them to ROM.
        (*.text,*.data,*.bss): Take into account .text.*, .data.*, .bss.*.
        * scripttempl/elfm68hc11.sc: Likewise.

2001-08-03  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/beos.em (init): Add the missing initialization.

2001-08-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * ld.texinfo (Input Section Basics): Clarify ordering of output
        sections.
        * ldlang.c (callback_t): Add wildcard_list param.
        (walk_wild_section): Remove "section" param.  Rewrite for
        lang_wild_statement_type change.  Remove unique_section_p test.
        (walk_wild_file): Remove "section" param.
        (walk_wild): Remove "section" and "file" params.
        (lang_gc_wild): Likewise.
        (wild): Likewise.  Modify for lang_wild_statement_type change.
        (wild_sort): Likewise.  Add "sec" param.
        (gc_section_callback): Likewise.
        (output_section_callback): Likewise.  Do unique_section_p test.
        (map_input_to_output_sections): Modify call to wild.
        (lang_gc_sections_1): Likewise.
        (print_wild_statement): Modify for lang_wild_statement_type
        change.
        (lang_add_wild): Replace filename, filenames_sorted param with
        filespec.  Replace section_name, sections_sorted,
        exclude_filename_list with section_list.
        * ldlang.h (lang_add_wild): Here too.
        (lang_wild_statement_type): Replace section_name, sections_sorted,
        and exclude_filename_list with section_list.
        * ldgram.y (current_file): Delete.
        (%union): Add wildcard_list.
        (file_NAME_list): Set type to wildcard_list.  Build a linked list
        rather than calling lang_add_wild for each entry.
        (input_section_spec_no_keep): Call lang_add_wild here instead.
        * ld.h (struct wildcard_list): Declare.
        * mri.c (mri_draw_tree): Modify to suit new lang_add_wild.

2001-08-02  Charles Wilson  <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>

        * ldmain.c (main): initialize link_info.pei386_auto_import
        * pe-dll.c: new tables for auto-export filtering
        (auto_export): change API, pass abfd for contextual filtering.
        Loop thru tables of excluded symbols instead of comparing
        "by hand".

2001-08-02  Paul Sokolovsky  <paul.sokolovsky@technologist.com>

        * pe-dll.c: new variable pe_dll_enable_extra_debug. New
        static variable current_sec (static struct sec *). Add
        forward declaration for add_bfd_to_link.
        (process_def_file): Don't export undefined symbols. Do not
        export symbols starting with  "_imp__".  Call auto_export()
        with new API.
        (pe_walk_relocs_of_symbol): New function.
        (generate_reloc): add optional extra debugging
        (pe_dll_generate_def_file): eliminate extraneous initial blank
        line in output
        (make_one): enlarge symtab to make room for __nm__ symbols
        (DATA auto-import support).
        (make_singleton_name_thunk): New function.
        (make_import_fixup_mark): New function.
        (make_import_fixup_entry): New function.
        (pe_create_import_fixup): New function.
        (add_bfd_to_link): Specify that 'name' argument is a CONST
        char *.
        * pe-dll.h: declare new variable pe_dll_extra_pe_debug;
        declare new functions pe_walk_relocs_of_symbol and
        pe_create_import_fixup.
        * emultempl/pe.em: add new options --enable-auto-import,
        --disable-auto-import, and --enable-extra-pe-debug.
        (make_import_fixup): New function.
        (pe_find_data_imports): New function.
        (pr_sym): New function.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Add optional extra pe
        debugging. Call pe_find_data_imports.  Mark .idata as DATA, not
        CODE.

2001-08-02  Charles Wilson  <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>

        * ld.texinfo: add additional documentation for
        --export-all-symbols.  Document --out-implib,
        --enable-auto-image-base, --disable-auto-image-base,
        --dll-search-prefix, --enable-auto-import, and
        --disable-auto-import.
        * ldint.texinfo: Add detailed documentation on auto-import
        implementation.

2001-07-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>

        * ld.texinfo (Simple Assignments): Fix computation in SECTIONS
        example.

2001-07-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * Makefile.am: Update dependencies with "make dep-am".
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate

2001-07-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * ldcref.c (check_section_sym_xref): New function.
        (check_nocrossrefs): Call it.
        (check_nocrossref): Interate over h->refs here instead of..
        (check_refs): ..here.  Pass in the symbol name, section, and bfd
        rather than hash_entry pointers.
        (struct check_refs_info): Keep symbol name rather than hash entry.
        Remove "same".
        (check_reloc_refs): Tweak for above changes in check_refs_info.
        Only report references to section syms when symname is NULL to
        prevent duplicate messages for the same reloc.

2001-07-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>

        * ldexp.c (exp_print_tree): Use stderr if config.map_file is not
        available.  Do not print NULL trees.
        (exp_print_token): Print unknown tokens with values > 126 as
        decimal values not ASCII characters.

        * ldlang.c (lang_leave_overlay): If a region is specified assign
        it to all sections inside the overlay unless they have been
        assigned to the own, non-default, memory region.

        * README: Add header for consistency with other README files.

2001-07-14  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (output_prev_sec_find): Never return
        bfd_abs_section_ptr, bfd_com_section_ptr nor
        bfd_und_section_ptr.

2001-07-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>

        * Makefile.am (em32relf.c): Change dependency from generic.em to
        elf32.em.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2001-07-14  matthew green  <mrg@eterna.com.au>

        * configure.tgt (i386-*-netbsdelf*): New target.
        (i386-*-netbsd*): Set targ_extra_emuls to `elf_i386'

2001-07-13  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (output_prev_sec_find): New.
        (place_orphan): Use it.

2001-07-11  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldmain.c (main): Fix typos in the last change.

2001-07-11  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

        * ldmain.c (main): Disallow -F and -f without -shared.

2001-07-11  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>

        * emultempl/pe.em (after_open): Check for the output_bfd not
        having any coff_data structure allocated to it.

2001-07-09  David O'Brien  <obrien@FreeBSD.org>

        * emultempl/elf32.em: Do not assuming that contents of the buffer
        returned from basename function will remain unchanged accross other
        function calls.

2001-07-03  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * scripttempl/elf.sc (DYNAMIC_PAD): Revert the change made on
        2001-07-03. It creates dynamic entries even for static binaries.

2001-07-03  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

        * scripttempl/elf.sc (DYNAMIC_PAD): New variable.
        (DYNAMIC): Use it to reserve few dynamic entries for
        post-linking tools.

2001-06-27  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * emulparams/hppa64linux.sh: New file.
        * configure.tgt: hppa*64*-*-linux* uses hppa64linux.sh
        * Makefile.am (ALL_64_EMULATIONS): Add ehppa64linux.o
        (ehppa64linux.c): Add rule to make it.
        Run "make dep-am".
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2001-06-21  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * ld.texinfo (Options, -r): Mention restrictions when using
        different object formats.

2001-06-19  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * ldlang.c (lang_check): Emit fatal error if relocatable link
        between different object flavours with relocations in input.

2001-06-19  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ld.texinfo (-E, --export-dynamic): Mention --version-script.
        (--version-script): Mention the language support.

2001-06-19  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldlang.c (lang_check): Revert the change mode on 2001-06-15.

2001-06-18  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>

        * Makefile.am (ld.1): Remove the prefix `$(srcdir)/'.
        (diststuff): Add $(MANS).
        * Makefile.in: Regenerated.

        * ld.1: Removed.

2001-06-18  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation):
        Update for API change in bfd_elf${ELFSIZE}_size_dynamic_sections.
        * mpw-elfmips.c (gldelf32ebmip_before_allocation): Ditto.
        * ld.h (args_type): Remove member export_dynamic.  All users
        changed to use struct bfd_link_info member.

        * Makefile.am (ecriself.c, ed10velf.c, ei386moss.c): Depend on
        $(srcdir)/emultempl/elf32.em, not $(srcdir)/emultempl/generic.em.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2001-06-18  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldlang.c (init_os): Add the newline to the einfo call.
        (lang_check): Likewise.
        (lang_do_version_exports_section): Likewise.

2001-06-15  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * lexsup.c (parse_args); Save optind to report unrecognized
        option.

2001-06-15  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * ldlang.c (lang_check): Emit fatal error if relocatable link
        between different object flavours.

        * lexsup.c (parse_args) <case OPTION_EXPORT_DYNAMIC, case 'E'>:
        Set new link_info member export_dynamic.
        * ldmain.c (main): Initialize new link_info member export_dynamic.

2001-06-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>

        * ldlang.c (walk_wild): Only call walk_wild_file if
        lookup_name returns something.
        (lookup_name): If load_symbols fails, return NULL.
        (load_symbols): Change to a boolean function.
        (open_input_bfds): If load_symbols fails then do not make the
        executable.

2001-06-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

        * ldlang.c (record_bfd_errors): Remove.

        * emultempl/aix.em: Fix copyright dates.

2001-06-07  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

        * elf_x86_64.sh (NONPAGED_TEXT_START_ADDR): Increase.
        (TEXT_START_ADDR): Likewise.

2001-06-06  Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>

        * configure.host: Set HOSTING_CRT0/HOSTING_LIBS correctly for s/390.

2001-06-05  Danny Smith  <danny_r_smith_2001@yahoo.co.nz>

        * emultempl/pe.em (init): Reduce default stack reserve to 0x200000.

2001-05-31  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldlang.c (open_input_bfds): Don't change the bfd error
        handler whilst loading symbols.

2001-05-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>

        * configure.tgt: Remove i370-mvs architecture, it is not currently
        supported.

2001-05-25  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emulparams/ppcmacos.sh: Add SYSCALL_MASK and SYMBOL_MODE_MASK
        like emulparams/aixppc.sh.

2001-05-25  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/beos.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_parse): Move
        setting of output_filename after bfd_scan_arch.
        * emultempl/pe.em: Likewise.

2001-05-25  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emulparams/aixrs6.sh: Add SYSCALL_MASK and SYMBOL_MODE_MASK
        like emulparams/aixppc.sh.

        * emultempl/aix.em (sc): Use ${srcdir}/emultempl/ostring.sed
        instead of ${srcdir}/emultempl/stringify.sed.

2001-05-25  Timothy Wall  <twall@oculustech.com>

        * emulparams/elf64_aix.sh: Change settings to match IBM linker
        output.

2001-05-25  Alan Modra  <amodra@one.net.au>

        * configure.host: Replace linuxoldld with linux*oldld.
        * configure.tgt: Likewise.

2001-05-24  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/stringify.sed: Removed again.

2001-05-24  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/aix.em (OUTPUT_ARCH): Defined.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_parse): Initialize
        ldfile_output_architecture, ldfile_output_machine and
        ldfile_output_machine_name from ${OUTPUT_ARCH} if possible.
        * emultempl/beos.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/elf32.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/linux.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/mipsecoff.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/pe.em: Likewise.
        * emultempl/sunos.em: Likewise.

2001-05-24 Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/aix.em : (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_read_file)
        udate import file format.
        (change_symbol_mode) New, same
        (is_syscall) New, same
        * emulparams/aixppc.sh : add SYSCALL_MASK and SYMBOL_MODE_MASK
        * emulparams/aixppc64.sh : same
        * emulparams/aixrs6.sh : same
        * emulparams/ppcmacos.sh : same
        * emultempl/aix.em : use strtoull to parse options
        * Makefile.am : add eaixppc64 emulation for xcoff64
        * Makefile.in : same
        * configure.tgt : same

        * scripttempl/aix.sc : default text section offset to 0x10000000
         default data section offset to 0x20000000
        add .sv3264 and .sv64 pseudo sections
        loader and debug sections use the currect section offset.

        * emultempl/aix.em : Add xcoff64 support
        Add -binitfini support
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_parse) -binitfini
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_parse_args) same
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation) format change for special
        sections

        * emulparams/aixppc64.sh : New file for xcoff64 support

2001-05-23  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (ELF_INTERPRETER_SET_DEFAULT): Use this new
        variable to avoid non-portable shell construct.

2001-05-23  Thiemo Seufer <seufer@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>

        * ldmain.c (get_emulation): Add -mips5 command line argument.

2001-05-22  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>

        * emulparams/elf_i386_ldso.sh: New, copied from elf_i386.sh.
        (ELF_INTERPRETER_NAME): Define it.
        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation): Use
        it.
        * configure.tgt (targ_emul, targ_extra_emuls)
        [i[3456]86-*-solaris2*, i[3456]86-*-solaris*]: Use elf_i386_ldso
        as primary, elf_i386 as extra.
        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Added eelf_i386_ldso.o.
        (eelf_i386_ldso.c): New rule.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuilt.

2001-05-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * lexsup.c (ld_options):  Allow -I to be an alias for
        --dynamic-linker.  This is for Solaris compatability.
        * ld.texinfo: Document that -I can be used.
        * ld.1: Regenerate.

2001-05-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@one.net.au>

        * ldlang.c (wild_doit): Use linker_has_input to reliably determine
        whether an input section is the first one assigned to an output
        section.
        Assorted formatting fixes.

2001-05-14  DJ Delorie  <dj@delorie.com>

        * Makefile.am (ld.dvi): Search bfd/doc for texinfo files.
        * Makefile.in: Ditto.

2001-05-11  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

        * emulparams/elf64_ia64.sh (OTHER_READONLY_SECTIONS): Put
        .gnu.linkonce.ia64unw{,i} sections into corresponding .IA_64.unwind*
        output sections.
        * emulparams/elf64_aix.sh (OTHER_READONLY_SECTIONS): Likewise.

2001-05-11  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

        * ldlang.c (lang_process): Call bfd_merge_sections.

2001-05-07  Thiemo Seufer <seufer@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>

        * ldgram.y: Fix typo.

2001-05-03  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/elf32.em: Include "libiberty.h".
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_vercheck): Call basename () to get the
        basename of the bfd filename.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_stat_needed): Likewise.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_try_needed): Likewise.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_open_dynamic_archive): Likewise.

2001-05-02  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/pe.em: Include <ctype.h>.

2001-05-02  Johan Rydberg  <jrydberg@opencores.org>

        * emulparams/elf32openrisc.sh: New file.

        * Makefile.am: Add OpenRISC target.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerated.

        * configure.tgt: Add openrisc-*-* mapping.

2001-05-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/aix.em: Replace buystring with xstrdup.
        * emultempl/beos.em: Replace buystring with xstrdup.

2001-05-02  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldfile.c: Include "libiberty.h".
        * ldlex.l: Likewise.

        * ldmisc.c (buystring): Removed.
        * ldmisc.h: Likewise.

        * ldfile.c: Replace buystring with xstrdup.
        * ldlang.c: Likewise.
        * ldlex.l: Likewise.
        * ldmain.c: Likewise.
        * ldmisc.c: Likewise.
        * lexsup.c: Likewise.
        * mpw-eppcmac.c: Likewise.

2001-04-30  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

        * emulparms/elf_x86_64.sh (MAXPAGESIZE): Fix value.

2001-04-28  Paul Sokolovsky  <Paul.Sokolovsky@technologist.com>

        * ldlang.c (load_symbols): Give emulation a chance
        to process unrecognized file before fatal error is
        reported, not after.

2001-04-27  Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com>

        * configure.tgt: Add arm-vxworks target.
        * scripttempl/armcoff.sc: Support .text or .data as a section name
        prefix.
        Define _etext.

2001-04-13  J.T. Conklin  <jtc@redback.com>

        * ld.texinfo: Document --fatal-warnings.
        * ld.1: Regenerate.

        * ldmisc.c (vfinfo): Set flag to inhibit making executable if
        warnings have been turned into errors.
        * lexsup.c (OPTION_WARN_FATAL): Define.
        (ld_options): Entry for --fatal-warnings.
        (parse_args): Handle OPTION_WARN_FATAL.
        * ld.h (ld_config_type): Add fatal_warnings field.

2001-04-13  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

        * ldmain.c (main): Default to discard_sec_merge.
        * lexsup.c (OPTION_DISCARD_NONE): Define.
        (ld_options): Add --discard-none.
        (parse_args): Handle OPTION_DISCARD_NONE.
        * ldlang.c (wild_doit): SEC_MERGE should be set in the output
        section only if SEC_MERGE and SEC_STRINGS flags and entsize of
        all its input sections match.

2001-04-05  Steven J. Hill  <sjhill@cotw.com>

        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Add eelf32ltsmip.o.
        (ALL_64_EMULATIONS): Add eelf64btsmip.o and eelf64ltsmip.o.
        (eelf32ltsmip.c): New target.
        (eelf64btsmip.c): Likewise.
        (eelf64ltsmip.c): Likewise.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerated.

        * configure.tgt (mips*el-*-linux-gnu): Uses traditional MIPS
        target.
        (mips*-*-linux-gnu*): Likewise.

        * emulparams/elf32ltsmip.sh: New. Traditional little endian
        MIPS taget.
        * emulparams/elf64btsmip.sh: New. Traditional 64bit big endian
        target.
        * emulparams/elf64ltsmip.sh: New. Traditional 64bit little
        endian target.

2001-04-05  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * emulparams/criself.sh (EXECUTABLE_SYMBOLS): Cannot provide
        correct value of __Stext here.
        (TEXT_START_SYMBOLS): Define; always define __Stext, to start of
        .startup section.

        * emulparams/crislinux.sh: Remove FIXME.

2001-04-02  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emulparams/hppalinux.sh (MAXPAGESIZE): Set to 64k.
        (TEXT_START_ADDR, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE): Likewise.

2001-03-27  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * configure.tgt (cris-*-*): Change default emulation to criself.
        (cris-*-*aout*): New rule.

2001-03-27  Matthew Wilcox  <willy@ldl.fc.hp.com>

        * emulparams/hppalinux.sh (MAXPAGESIZE): Set to 0x4000.
        (TEXT_START_ADDR, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE): Ditto.

2001-03-26  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

        * ld.texinfo (Overview): Fix syntax in texi code.

2001-03-25  Stephane Carrez  <Stephane.Carrez@worldnet.fr>

        * ld.texinfo: Put @c man indications to generate the ld man page.
        When generating man, define all the variables.  Define SEEALSO
        and SYNOPSIS.  Re-organize some lines to avoid the cross references.
        * Makefile.am (MANCONF, TEXI2POD, POD2MAN): New variables.
        (ld.1): Generate from ld.texinfo.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2001-03-23  Mark Elbrecht <snowball3@bigfoot.com>

        * scripttempl/i386go32.sc: Support the GCC flags '-ffunction-sections'
          and '-fdata-sections'. Set the VMA of STABS sections to zero.

2001-03-17  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

        * emultmpl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed): If NAME
        is an absolute path look only for this file and not along the path.

2001-03-17  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (OPTION_GROUP): New macro.
        Add new option Bgroup to longopts.
        (gld*_parse_args): Handle GROUP_OPTION and recognize -z defs.
        (gld*_list_options): Add -Bgroup and -z defs.
        * ld.1: Document -Bgroup and -z defs.
        * ld.texinfo: Likewise.

2001-03-07  Michael Meissner  <meissner@redhat.com>

        * scripttempl/elfd10v.sc (.rodata,.rodata1,.data1,.sdata): Deal
        with sections created by -fdata-sections.
        (.dynbss,.bss): Ditto.

2001-03-05  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/m68kelf.em (m68k_elf_after_allocation): Call
        after_allocation_default, not gld..._before_allocation.

2001-02-27  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * configure.in (BFD_VERSION): New.
        (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Use $BFD_VERSION.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am"
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2001-02-26  Timothy Wall  <twall@cygnus.com>

        * emulparams/elf64_aix.sh: Add additional read-only sections;
        uncomment lines which are now required.

2001-02-26  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldlang.c (open_input_bfds): Set the bfd error handler so
        that problems can be caught whilst loading symbols.
        (record_bfd_errors): New function: Report BFD errors and mark
        the executable output as being invalid.

2001-02-22  Timothy Wall  <twall@cygnus.com>

        * configure.host: Add configuration for ia64-*-aix*.
        * Makefile.am (ALL_64_EMULATIONS): Add emulation for ia64-*-aix*.
        Add dependencies for eelf64_aix.c.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * configure.tgt: Add ia64-*-aix* mapping.
        * emulparams/elf64_aix.sh: Add settings for elf64 on aix5.
        * testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp: Exclude ia64 flavor from
        AIX-specific test.

2001-02-20  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldfile.c (ldfile_open_file): Set entry->search_dirs_flag to
        false if we found the file.

2001-02-18  David O'Brien  <obrien@FreeBSD.org>

        * configure.tgt: Add FreeBSD/Alpha, FreeBSD/x86-64, FreeBSD/ia64,
        FreeBSD/PowerPC, FreeBSD/arm, and FreeBSD/sparc64 entries.

2001-02-18  lars brinkhoff  <lars@nocrew.org>

        * Makefile.am: Add PDP-11 target.
        * configure.tgt: Likewise.
        * emulparams/pdp11.sh: New file.

2001-02-17  David O'Brien  <obrien@FreeBSD.org>

        * configure.host: Add a generic FreeBSD configuration entry such that
        all [modern] FreeBSD systems on all platforms will look the same.

2001-02-14  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * configure.tgt: Remove mention of earmelf_linux26.

2001-02-13  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>

        * emulparams/elf64_ia64.sh (OTHER_GOT_SYMBOLS): Remove.

2001-02-13  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldexp.h (node_type): Add etree_provided.
        * ldexp.c (exp_fold_tree): Handle etree_provided. Set the node
        type to etree_provided if defined by PROVIDE. Allow updating
        for etree_provided.
        (exp_print_tree): Handle etree_provided.
        * mpw-elfmips.c (gldelf32ebmip_find_exp_assignment): Handle
        etree_provided.

2001-02-09  David Mosberger  <davidm@hpl.hp.com>

        * emulparams/elf64_ia64.sh (OTHER_READONLY_SECTIONS): Add
        .IA_64.unwind.* pattern to unwind table section and
        .IA_64.unwind_info* pattern to unwind info section.

2001-02-09  Martin Schwidefsky  <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>

        * Makefile.am: Add linux target for S/390.
        * Makefile.in: Likewise.
        * configure.host: Likewise.
        * configure.tgt: Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf64_s390.sh: New file.
        * emulparams/elf_s390.sh: New file.

2001-02-09  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

        * configure.tgt (sparc64-*-linux-gnu*): Add elf32_sparc into
        targ_extra_libpath.
        (sparc-*-linux-gnu*): Add elf64_sparc into targ_extra_libpath.

2001-02-06  Philip Blundell  <philb@gnu.org>

        * Makefile.am: Remove mention of earmelf_linux26.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2001-02-04  Philip Blundell  <philb@gnu.org>

        * emulparams/armelf_linux.sh (TEXT_START_ADDR): Set to 0x8000.
        * emulparams/armelf_linux26.sh: Delete.
        * configure.tgt: Remove mention of armelf_linux26 emulation.

2001-02-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * ld.1: Replace occurances of -oformat with --oformat.

2001-01-25  Jim Driftmyer <jdrift@stny.rr.com>

        * ldlang.c (lang_leave_overlay): Don't set lma_region when
        load_base is specified.

2001-01-24  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * emultempl/elf32.em: Correct spelling in comments and listed
        options.

2001-01-23  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ldlang.c (lang_leave_overlay): Only set lma_region from the
        default for the first section of a group of overlay sections.

2001-01-22  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * Makefile.am (GENSCRIPTS): Pass exec_prefix.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * genscripts.sh: Use exec_prefix parameter to specify tool lib.
        Check for null tool_dir.

2001-01-16  Jim Wilson  <wilson@redhat.com>

        * emulparams/elf64_ia64.sh (OTHER_READONLY_SECTIONS): Add IA_64.unwind
        and IA_64.unwind.info.

2001-01-16  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldlang.c (lang_check): Merge the private data only if the
        input file has contents.

2001-01-14  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emulparams/hppalinux.sh (OUTPUT_FORMAT): Set to elf32-hppa-linux.

        * emultempl/hppaelf.em (hppaelf_after_parse): New function,
        enabling search for libmilli.  On a relocatable link, make .text
        sections unique.
        (LDEMUL_AFTER_PARSE): Define.
        (hppaelf_finish): Correct spelling of relocatable in comments.

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Don't
        rummage through the script for sections on the unique list.
        Correct length of strncmp for ".note".
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_check_needed): Rearrange function.

        * ldlang.c (unique_section_list): New var.
        (unique_section_p): New function.
        (walk_wild_section): Don't match sections on unique_section_list.
        (lang_add_unique): New function.
        Correct spelling of relocatable in comments.

        * ldlang.h (struct unique_sections): Declare.
        (unique_section_list): Declare.
        (unique_section_p): Declare.
        (lang_add_unique): Declare.

        * lexsup.c (ld_options): Allow --unique to take an optional arg.
        (parse_args [OPTION_UNIQUE]): Call lang_add_unique.

        * ld.texinfo (--unique): Update.

2001-01-13  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * lexsup.c (parse_args): Remove spurious white space.

2001-01-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * lexsup.c (parse_args): Update copyright date.

2001-01-12  Philip Blundell  <pb@futuretv.com>

        * configure.host: Set HOSTING_LIBS appropriately for ix86-cygwin.

2001-01-10  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>

        * scripttempl/h8300.sc: Fix formatting.  Fix a comment typo.
        * scripttempl/h8300h.sc: Fix formatting.
        * scripttempl/h8300s.sc: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/h8500.sc: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/h8500b.sc: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/h8500c.sc: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/h8500m.sc: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/h8500s.sc: Likewise.

2000-01-07  David O'Brien  <obrien@BSDi.com>

        * emultempl/elf32.em: Only perform Linux ld hints processing when
        targeting Linux.

2001-01-07  Philip Blundell  <philb@gnu.org>

        * ld.texinfo (Bug Reporting): Update email address for reports.

2000-12-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * lexsup.c (parse_args): Set opterr to 0 and detect unparsed long
        options by checking for a return value of '?' not -1.

2000-12-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * lexsup.c (struct ld_option): Add new enum value:
        EXACTLY_TWO_DASHES.
        (ld_options[]): Change -omagic, -output and -oformat options
        to be EXACTLY_TWO_DASHES.
        (OUTPUT_COUNT): Use ARRAY_SIZE.
        (parse_args): Change parameter 'argc' to unsigned.
        Place EXACTLY_TWO_DASHES options into new really_longopts
        array.
        If getopt_long_only fails, try calling getopt_long using the
        really_longopts array.
        (help): Print a double dash for both EXACTLY_TWO_DASHES and
        TWO_DASHES options.

        * ldlex.h: Fix prototype of parse_args.

        * ld.texinfo: Document that long options starting with 'o'
        must be preceeded by two dashes.  Change example of a single
        dashed long option from -oformat to -trace-symbol.

2000-12-26  Danny Smith  <danny_r_smith_2001@yahoo.co.nz>

        * emultempl/pe.em (OPTION_NO_DEFAULT_EXCLUDES): Define.
        (longopts[]): New --no-default-excludes option.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options): Document.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_parse_args): Handle.

2000-12-13  Michael Sokolov  <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG>

        * ldlang.c (new_stat): Revert the last beautification with "innocent"
        whitespace, it breaks the K&R C preprocessor.

2000-12-11  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>

        * ld.texinfo: Add notes about --whole-archive and gcc.

2000-11-18  Fred Fish  <fnf@be.com>

        * lexsup.c (OPTION_ALLOW_SHLIB_UNDEFINED): Define.
        (ld_options): Entry for --allow-shlib-undefined.
        (parse_args): Handle OPTION_ALLOW_SHLIB_UNDEFINED.
        * ldmain.c (main): Initialize link_info.allow_shlib_undefined
        to false.
        * ld.texinfo: Document new command line switch.

2000-12-12  Geoffrey Keating  <geoffk@redhat.com>

        * emulparams/elf32ppc.sh (OTHER_READWRITE_SECTIONS):
        .fixup is actually read/write.
        * emulparams/elf32lppc.sh (OTHER_READWRITE_SECTIONS): Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32ppcsim.sh (OTHER_READWRITE_SECTIONS): Likewise.
        * emulparams/elf32lppcsim.sh (OTHER_READWRITE_SECTIONS): Likewise.

Mon Dec 11 14:50:33 MET 2000  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>

        * NEWS: Add note about x86_64 architecture.

2000-12-06  Mark Elbrecht  <snowball3@bigfoot.com>

        * scripttempl/i386go32.sc: Use PROVIDE with _etext, _edata, _end.
        Set DWARF2 sections to a VMA of zero.

2000-12-01      Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>

        * configure.tgt (arm-*-rtems*, a29k-*rtems*, h8300-*-rtems*):
        New targets.
        (sparc*-*-rtemself*, sparc*-*-rtemsaout*): New targets.
        (sparc*-*-rtems*): Switched from a.out to ELF.

2000-11-30  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>

        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Add eelf_x86_64.o
        (eelf_x86_64.c): New.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * configure.tgt: Add support for x86_64-*-linux-gnu*.
        * emulparams/elf_x86_64.sh: New.

2000-11-30  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * emulparams/crislinux.sh (ENTRY): Change back to _start.
        (TEXT_START_SYMBOLS): Remove conditional setting of __start.

        * scripttempl/crisaout.sc: Change all RELOCATING not related to
        merging non-a.out sections into CONSTRUCTING.

2000-11-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * ld.1 (COPYING): Mention that the GNU Free Documentation
        License is present in the sources, but not the output, and
        also available from the GNU website.
        (GNU Free Documentation License): Comment out this section.

2000-11-28  David O'Brien  <obrien@dragon.nuxi.com>

        * emulparams/elf64alpha.sh (ENTRY): Remove leading underscore as ELF
        does not use them.

2000-11-25  David O'Brien  <obrien@FreeBSD.org>

        * ld.1: Remove old date so it does not give the impression the manpage
        is way out of date.

2000-11-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * configure.tgt (xscale-coff): Add target.
        (xscale-elf): Add target.

2000-11-24  Fred Fish  <fnf@be.com>

        * ldmain.c (main): Remove redundant init of config.make_executable
        to true.

2000-11-15  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>

        * emulparams/elf64alpha.sh (MAXPAGESIZE): Typo -- 64k, not 1M.

2000-11-14  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>

        * scripttempl/h8300.sc: Fix formatting.
        * scripttempl/h8300h.sc: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/h8300s.sc: Likewise.

Tue Nov 14 00:59:19 2000  Denis Chertykov  <denisc@overta.ru>

        * scripttempl/elf32avr.sc: Fix bug in .eeprom segment.

2000-11-09  Philip Blundell  <pb@futuretv.com>

        * emultempl/pe.em: Define ___start_SECNAME and ___stop_SECNAME
        around orphan sections whose names can be represented in C.

2000-11-07  Jim Wilson  <wilson@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): New local
        hold_sdata.  If SEC_SMALL_DATA set, set place to hold_sdata.

2000-11-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * ld.texinfo: Add GNU Free Documentation License.
        * ldint.texinfo: Add GNU Free Documentation License.
        * ld.1: Add GNU Free Documentation License.

2000-11-05  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ldlex.l (yy_create_string_buffer): Init yy_is_our_buffer,
        yy_is_interactive, yy_at_bol, and yy_fill_buffer.

        * Makefile.am (DISTCLEANFILES): Add stringify.sed.
        Move 2000-11-02 Makefile.in changes to this file.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2000-11-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * scripttempl/h8300.sc: Use ${CONSTRUCTING...} to enclose
        constructors and destructors.
        * scripttempl/h8300h.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/h8300s.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/h8500.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/h8500b.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/h8500c.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/h8500m.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/h8500s.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/v850.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/w65.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/z8000.sc: Ditto.

2000-11-02  Per Lundberg  <plundis@chaosdev.org>

        * Makefile.in (e_i386_chaos.c): New rule.
        (ALL_EMULATIONS): Added e_i386_chaos.o.
        * emulparams/elf_i386_chaos.sh: New file.
        * configure.tgt: Recognise i[3456]86-chaosdev-storm-chaos.

2000-10-20  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

        * emulparams/elf64_sparc.sh (TEXT_START_ADDR,
        NONPAGED_TEXT_START_ADDR): Set to 4GB for Solaris targets.
        Fix sed invocation, so that it coped with '/' in Solaris 64bit
        library path suffix.
        Based on patch by Andrew Macleod <amacleod@cygnus.com>.

2000-10-18  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * scripttempl/crisaout.sc (.text, .data): Pad, with ALIGN (32),
        for consecutive sections.

2000-10-17  Chandrakala Chavva  <cchavva@redhat.com>

        * lexsup.c: New option OPTION_TARGET_HELP. Prints all target specific
        options.
        * ld.texinfo: Added notes about this new option.

2000-10-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/pe.em (_after_open): Add tests of return values from
        bfd functions.  Emit appropriate error messages if necessary.

2000-10-13  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/pe.em (_after_open): Delete 'is2' and 'nsyms'
        local variables - they are not used, but leave in the call to
        bfd_canonicalize_symtab.
        (_open_dynamic_archive): Add #ifdef DLL_SUPPORT around use of
        pe_dll_search_prefix.

2000-10-12  Charles Wilson  <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>

        * emultempl/pe.em (pe_dll_search_prefix): New variable,
        (longopts): New --dll-search-prefix option.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options): Document.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_parse_args): Handle.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_open_dynamic_archive): When linking
        dynamically, search for a dll named '<prefix><basename>.dll'
        in preference to 'lib<basename>.dll' if --dll-search-prefix
        is specified.

2000-10-12  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ldlang.c (section_already_linked): Set kept_section instead of
        sec->comdat->sec.

2000-10-10  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>

        * deffile.h: Fix formatting.
        * lexsup.c: Likewise.
        * mri.c: Likewise.

2000-10-09  Paul Sokolovsky  <Paul.Sokolovsky@technologist.com>

        * pe-dll.c (make_one): Do not generate code thunk for DATA
        exports.
        (process_def_file): deduce DATA flag for auto-export sumbols.

2000-10-09  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>

        * ld.h: Fix formatting.
        * ldcref.c: Likewise.
        * ldctor.h: Likewise.
        * ldemul.c: Likewise.
        * ldemul.h: Likewise.
        * ldexp.c: Likewise.
        * ldexp.h: Likewise.
        * ldfile.c: Likewise.
        * ldfile.h: Likewise.
        * ldlang.c: Likewise.
        * ldlang.h: Likewise.
        * ldmain.c: Likewise.
        * pe-dll.c: Likewise.

        * pe-dll.c: Revert some formatting fixes.

2000-10-08  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>

        * pe-dll.c: Fix formatting.

2000-10-05  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>

        * ldlang.c: Fix formatting.

2000-10-03  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>

        * pe-dll.c (fill_edata): initialize entire block
        (make_one): fill in correct section.

2000-10-03  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>

        * ldexp.c: Fix formatting.

2000-10-02  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>

        * emultempl/pe.em (gld_*_after_open): detect case where there two
        import libraries for same dll; rename one to ensure proper link
        order.

        * pe-dll.c (process_def_file): compare ordinals to -1, not 0; fix
        typo
        (generate_edata): fix typo

2000-09-29  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * scripttempl/crisaout.sc (ENTRY): Now __start.
        (.text): Add default setting for __start.
        Remove CONSTRUCTORS handling.
        (/DISCARD/): Add .gnu.warning.*.
        * emulparams/crislinux.sh (ENTRY): Now __start.
        (TEXT_START_SYMBOLS): New; provide __Stext and __start default.
        * emulparams/criself.sh (OUTPUT_FORMAT): Now elf32-us-cris.
        (ENTRY): Now __start.
        (INITIAL_READONLY_SECTIONS): Add KEEP for .startup.
        (EXECUTABLE_SYMBOLS): Add default setting for __start.

2000-09-29  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>

        * deffile.h: Fix formatting.
        * ld.h: Likewise.
        * ldcref.c: Likewise.
        * ldctor.c: Likewise.
        * ldctor.h: Likewise.
        * ldemul.c: Likewise.
        * ldemul.h: Likewise.
        * ldexp.c: Likewise.
        * ldexp.h: Likewise.
        * ldfile.c: Likewise.
        * ldfile.h: Likewise.
        * ldlang.c: Likewise.
        * ldlang.h: Likewise.
        * lexsup.c: Likewise.
        * mri.c: Likewise.
        * pe-dll.c: Likewise.

2000-09-28  Paul Sokolovsky  <Paul.Sokolovsky@technologist.com>

        * pe-dll.c (process_def_file): Uninitialized data wasn't
        exported with --export-all-symbols switch.

2000-09-28  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>

        * pe-dll.c (fill_edata): rearrange the data so that ordinals and
        noname work properly.

2000-09-28  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ld.texinfo (HPPA ELF32): New section.

        * emultempl/hppaelf.em (group_size): New.
        (hppaelf_finish): Pass group_size to elf32_hppa_size_stubs.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE): Add OPTION_STUBGROUP_SIZE.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Add --stub-group-size.  Duplicate
        options to prevent abbreviations matching.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS): Describe the above.  Reformat.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Handle it.

2000-09-21  Michael Sokolov  <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG>

        * emultempl/m68kelf.em: Conditionalise the embedded relocs feature
        on the m68*-*-elf target.  Make it support COFF input objects.

2000-09-21  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>

        * ldmain.c: Fix formatting.
        * ldmisc.c: Likewise.
        * ldver.c: Likewise.
        * ldwrite.c: Likewise.

2000-09-21  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ldwrite.c (clone_section): Silence gcc warnings.

2000-09-20  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Handle
        out of memory failure.

        * ldwrite.c (ldwrite): Remove unnecessary einfo arg.
        (clone_section): Handle out of memory failures.  Rename var to
        avoid c++ reserved word.

2000-09-18  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/hppaelf.em (hppaelf_add_stub_section): Rename
        stub_name param to stub_sec_name.
        (hppaelf_finish): Modify call to elf32_hppa_size_stubs.

2000-09-10  Michael Sokolov  <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG>

        * emultempl/m68kelf.em: New file.
        * emulparams/m68kelf.sh (EXTRA_EM_FILE): Use it.
        * Makefile.am (em68kelf.c): Add dependency on m68kelf.em.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2000-09-15  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emulparams/hppalinux.sh (DATA_START_SYMBOLS): Provide $global$
        only as needed.

2000-09-13  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * ldmain.c (multiple_definition): Disable relaxation if
        multiple symbol definitions are encountered - otherwise the
        linker could abort with an assertion failure.

2000-09-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * mri.c: Fix formatting.

2000-09-07  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * configure.in (AC_ISC_POSIX): Put after AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM.
        * configure: Rebuild.

2000-09-07  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * Makefile.am (lexsup.o): Also depend on $(INCDIR)/demangle.h.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2000-09-07  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Fix
        broken list handling.  Create __start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME
        when no place-holder.  Add some comments.  Test both SEC_CODE and
        SEC_READONLY for hold_text to prevent .rodata orphan poisoning.
        Handle case where no output section statement created.

2000-09-07  Niibe Yutaka  <gniibe@m17n.org>, Kaz Kojima  <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>, Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>

        * configure.tgt (sh-*-linux*): Added.
        * Makefile.am: Added eshelf_linux and eshlelf_linux.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuilt.
        * emulparams/shelf_linux.sh: New file.
        * emulparams/shlelf_linux.sh: New file.

2000-09-06  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Don't
        try shuffling sections when the orphan happens to be the place
        holder.  Keep count of unique section names generated so we speed
        the search for a new name.

2000-09-06  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>

        * configure: Rebuilt with new libtool.m4.

2000-09-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * config.in: Regenerate.
        * po/ld.pot: Regenerate.

        * ldint.texinfo: Remove CVS revision marker - it foils local
        comparisons.

        * emultempl/ticoff.em: Remove extraneous comma.

2000-09-05  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/hppaelf.em (hppaelf_add_stub_section): Add SEC_RELOC
        to stub section flags.
        (hppa_for_each_input_file_wrapper): New.
        (hppa_lang_for_each_input_file): New.
        (lang_for_each_input_file): Define to call above.
        (multi_subspace): New.
        (hppaelf_finish): Pass multi_subspace to elf32_hppa_size_stubs.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE): Define.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Define.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS): Define.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Define.
        (hppaelf_finish): Call elf32_hppa_set_gp.
        (hppaelf_set_output_arch): Remove.
        (LDEMUL_SET_OUTPUT_ARCH): Remove.

        * emulparams/hppalinux.sh (ELFSIZE): Define.
        (MACHINE): Define.
        (OTHER_READONLY_SECTIONS): Define.
        (DATA_PLT): Define.
        (GENERATE_SHLIB_SCRIPT): Define.

        * ldlang.c: Add missing prototypes, and tidy others.  Change CONST
        to const throughout.  Change `void *' to `PTR' throughout.
        (lang_memory_default): Function is local to file, add `static'.

        * Makefile.am (ehppaelf.c): Depend on emultempl/elf32.em.
        (ehppalinux.c): Likewise.
        (earmelf.c): Likewise.
        (earmelf_linux.c): Likewise.
        (earmelf_linux26.c): Likewise.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

        * ld.h (ld_config_type): Add unique_orphan_sections.
        * lexsup.c (OPTION_UNIQUE): Define.
        (ld_options): Add "--unique".
        (parse_args): Handle it.
        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Don't
        search for an existing output section if unique_orphan_sections is
        set.  Make use of bfd_get_unique_section_name rather than
        duplicating code here.
        * ld.texinfo: Describe --unique.

        * lexsup.c (ld_options): Make split-by-reloc arg optional. Add
        optional arg to split-by-file.
        (parse_args): Handle them.
        * ld.texinfo: Update description of these options.
        * ldwrite.c (clone_section): Pass in the section name.  Replace
        local code with bfd_get_unique_section_name.
        (split_sections): Tidy code and comments.  Use a list traversal
        more appropriate to the list construction.  Handle cooked section
        sizes.  Split when split_by_reloc reached rather than exceeded.
        Track section size and split when split_by_file reached.  Fix
        link_order_tail (even though it's not used).
        (ldwrite): Modify condition for calling split_sections to suit
        changed split_by_reloc and split_by_file.
        * ldmain.c (main): Init config.split_by_reloc and
        config.split_by_file to -1.
        * ld.h (ld_config_type): Change split_by_reloc to unsigned.
        Change split_by_file to bfd_size_type.

2000-09-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * configure.in: Increase version number to 2.10.91.
        * NEWS: Mention new ability to support removal of duplicate DWARF2
        debug information.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
        * config.in: Regenerate.

2000-09-02  Daniel Berlin <dberlin@redhat.com>

        * scripttempl/elf.sc: Add .gnu.linkonce.wi.* to .debug_info
        sections.
        * scripttempl/elf32avr.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/elfd10v.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/elfd30v.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/elfi370.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/elfm68hc11.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/elfm68hc12.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/elfi386beos.sc: Ditto.
        * scripttempl/v850.sc: Ditto.

2000-08-31  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>

        * acinclude.m4: Include libtool and gettext macros from the
        top level.
        * aclocal.m4, configure: Rebuilt.

2000-08-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * ldlang.c (open_output): When choosing the target for a
        particular endianness, do nothing if the target is not
        supported.

2000-08-25  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Don't
        check -rpath nor LD_RUN_PATH for cross link.
        * ld.texinfo: Document the change.

2000-08-24  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * NEWS: Mention support for CRIS.

2000-08-23  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Get
        the current runpath list from bfd_elf_get_runpath_list ()
        before search.

2000-08-22  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Search
        the DT_RPATH/DT_RUNPATH entries for DT_NEEDED after
        LD_LIBRARY_PATH for native linker. Display the needed DSO if
        trace_file_tries is non-zero.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_try_needed): Report the needed DSO found
        if trace_file_tries is non-zero.

        * ld.texinfo: Document the usage of DT_RPATH/DT_RUNPATH.
        * NEWS: Mention it.

2000-08-14  Jason Eckhardt  <jle@cygnus.com>

        * NEWS: Mention i860 support.

2000-08-14  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

        * scripttempl/elf.sc: Fix last change to use correct comment
        syntax.

2000-08-10  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@cygnus.com>

        * scripttempl/elf.sc: Add a comment giving the correspondence
        between sections, per-datum sections, and linkonce sections.  Make
        the comment true even for .bss, .sdata, .sdata2, .sbss, and
        .sbss2.

2000-08-10  Jason Eckhardt  <jle@cygnus.com>

        * emulparams/elf32_i860.sh: New file.
        * configure.tgt: Recognize new target i860-stardent-{sysv4*|elf*}.
        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Add eelf32_i860.o.
        (eelf32_i860.c): New rule.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2000-08-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * emulparams/mipspe.sh (ENTRY): Add definition.

2000-08-08  Peter Jeremy  <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (_after_close): Refer to -rpath not --rpath
        in error message.

2000-08-08  Stephane Carrez  <Stephane.Carrez@worldnet.fr>

        * scripttempl/elfm68hc11.sc: Define __bss_size symbol to indicate
        the final size of .bss section.
        * scripttempl/elfm68hc12.sc: Likewise.

2000-08-04  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_parse_args): Rename to
        gld${EMULATION_NAME}_parse_args for consistency.  Combine
        lastoptind and prevoptind vars, and keep track of last optind.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options): Rename to
        gld${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options.

2000-08-03  Rodney Brown  <RodneyBrown@pmsc.com>

        * configure.tgt: Select targ_emul=elf_i386 for Unixware 7
        (i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.0).

2000-07-27  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emulparams/elf64alpha.sh (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS): Removed.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE): New.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Likewise.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS): Likewise.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Likewise.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_EPILOGUE): Likewise.

2000-07-28  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/armelf.em: Elide functions common to elf32.em,
        ie. most of the file.
        (arm_elf_after_open): New.  Do arm specific things then call
        gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open.
        (arm_elf_before_allocation): New.  Call
        gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation then do arm specifics.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE): Define.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_SHORTOPTS): Define.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Define.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS): Define.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Define.
        (LDEMUL_AFTER_OPEN): Define.
        (LDEMUL_BEFORE_ALLOCATION): Define.
        (LDEMUL_BEFORE_PARSE): Define.
        (LDEMUL_FINISH): Define.

        * emultempl/hppaelf.em: Similarly zap most of this file.
        (hppaelf_add_stub_section): Prototype.
        (hppaelf_layaout_sections_again): Prototype.
        (hook_in_stub): Prototype.
        (LDEMUL_SET_OUTPUT_ARCH): Define.
        (LDEMUL_FINISH): Define.
        (LDEMUL_CREATE_OUTPUT_SECTION_STATEMENTS): Define.

        * emulparams/armelf.sh (TEMPLATE_NAME): Use elf32.
        (EXTRA_EM_FILE): New.
        * emulparams/armelf_linux.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/armelf_linux26.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/hppalinux.sh: Likewise.
        * emulparams/hppaelf.sh: Likewise.
        (NOP): Define.

        * emultempl/elf32.em: Fix formatting.
        (EXTRA_EM_FILE): Source it.
        (LDEMUL_BEFORE_PARSE, LDEMUL_SYSLIB, LDEMUL_HLL,
        LDEMUL_AFTER_PARSE, LDEMUL_AFTER_OPEN, LDEMUL_AFTER_ALLOCATION,
        LDEMUL_SET_OUTPUT_ARCH, LDEMUL_CHOOSE_TARGET,
        LDEMUL_BEFORE_ALLOCATION, LDEMUL_GET_SCRIPT, LDEMUL_FINISH,
        LDEMUL_CREATE_OUTPUT_SECTION_STATEMENTS,
        LDEMUL_OPEN_DYNAMIC_ARCHIVE, LDEMUL_PLACE_ORPHAN,
        LDEMUL_SET_SYMBOLS, LDEMUL_PARSE_ARGS, LDEMUL_UNRECOGNIZED_FILE,
        LDEMUL_LIST_OPTIONS, LDEMUL_RECOGNIZED_FILE,
        LDEMUL_FIND_POTENTIAL_LIBRARIES): New shell vars.  Add code to
        allow functions in this file to be overridden.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_SHORTOPTS): Handle it.

        * emultempl/m68kcoff.em: Include ldfile.h before ldemul.h.

        * emultempl/elf32.em: Reorganize file.

2000-07-27  Ivan Kokshaysky  <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>

        * emulparams/elf64alpha.sh: Implement "-taso" emulation
        specific option to fit 64-bit executable in the lower
        31-bit address range.  This is done by changing start
        address of .interp (the very first section of executable)
        and then setting EF_ALPHA_32BIT elf header flag.

2000-07-21  Michael Sokolov  <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG>

        * emultempl/m68kcoff.em: New file.
        * emulparams/m68kcoff.sh (TEMPLATE_NAME): Use m68kcoff template.
        * Makefile.am (em68kcoff.c): Depend on m68kcoff.em rather than
        generic.em.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2000-07-20  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (longopts): Duplicate "disable-new-dtags"
        and "disable-new-dtags" to stop getopt from treating -d/-e as
        abbreviations for these options.

2000-07-20  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ld.texinfo: Add documentation for --disable-new-dtags and
        --enable-new-dtags.

        * ldmain.c (main): Initialize link_info.new_dtags to false.

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_parse_args): Add
        --disable-new-dtags and --enable-new-dtags.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options): Likewise.

2000-07-05  Kenneth Block  <krblock@computer.org>

        * lexsup.c: Add optional style to demangle switch
        * ld.texinfo: Document optional style to demangle switch.

2000-07-20  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Add ecrisaout.o, ecriself.o,
        ecrislinux.o.
        (ecrisaout.c, ecriself.c, ecrislinux.c): New rules.
        Regenerate dependencies.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.
        * configure.tgt (cris-*-*): New target.
        * emulparams/crisaout.sh, emulparams/criself.sh,
        emulparams/crislinux.sh, scripttempl/crisaout.sc: New files.
        * po/POTFILES.in, po/ld.pot: Regenerate.

2000-07-20  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options):
        Print out ignored -z options.

2000-07-19  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emulparams/elf32mcore.sh (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS): Removed.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE): New.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Likewise.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS): Likewise.
        (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Likewise.

        * ldmain.c (main): Clear link_info.flags and link_info.flags_1.

        * lexsup.c (ld_options): Comment out 'z'.
        (parse_args): Likewise.

        * emultempl/elf32.em: Include "elf/common.h".
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_parse_args): Defined. Handle some -z
        options.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options): Likewise.

        * ld.texinfo: Add documentation for the recognized -z options.

2000-07-19  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_try_needed): Call
        bfd_elf_set_dt_needed_soname ().

2000-07-18  DJ Delorie  <dj@cygnus.com>

        * pe-dll.c (pe_dll_id_target): check object target name also

2000-07-18  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * scripttempl/elf.sc (.init): Only do ${INIT_START} and
        ${INIT_END} if relocating.
        (.fini): Likewise ${FINI_START} and ${FINI_END}.

2000-07-16  Charles Wilson  <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>

        * emultempl/pe.em (gld_*_open_dynamic_archive): New search
        order for dynamic library '-lfoo' on pei386: libfoo.dll.a,
        foo.dll.a, libfoo.a, libfoo.dll, foo.dll. This fixes compatibility
        errors introduced by the old dynamic lib search order.

2000-07-17  DJ Delorie  <dj@cygnus.com>

        * pe-dll.c (process_def_file): auto-export data items also
        (pe_process_import_defs): also see if _imp_ form needed

2000-07-12  Charles Wilson  <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>

        * pe-dll.c (make_one): fix a typo in the __imp_ name decoration
        for dll import libraries

2000-07-12  Mark Elbrecht  <snowball3@bigfoot.com>

        * scripttempl/i386go32.sc: Support the g++ attribute init_priority in
        gcc 2.95.2 and later.

2000-07-11  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>

        * ldfile.c (ldfile_try_open_bfd): Output '\n' after an error
        message.

2000-07-10  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ldemul.h (struct lang_input_statement_struct): Remove forward
        declaration.
        (struct search_dirs): Likewise.
        * ldfile.h (struct lang_input_statement_struct): Likewise.
        Protect file from multiple inclusion.
        * ldlang.h (LANG_FOR_EACH_INPUT_STATEMENT): Move file_chain
        declaration from macro to file scope.

        * ldemul.c: ldexp.h,ldlang.h,ldfile.h,ldemul.h go in this order.
        * ldgram.y: Likewise here.
        * ldlang.c: And here.
        * ldmain.c: And here.
        * mpw-elfmips.c: And here.
        * mpw-eppcmac.c: And here.
        * emultempl/aix.em: And here.
        * emultempl/armcoff.em: And here.
        * emultempl/armelf.em: And here.
        * emultempl/armelf_oabi.em: And here.
        * emultempl/beos.em: And here.
        * emultempl/elf32.em: And here.
        * emultempl/hppaelf.em: And here.
        * emultempl/linux.em: And here.
        * emultempl/lnk960.em: And here.
        * emultempl/pe.em: And here.
        * emultempl/sunos.em: And here.
        * mpw-esh.c: And here. Include ldexp.h and ldlang.h too.
        * mpw-idtmips.c: Ditto.
        * emultempl/generic.em: Ditto.
        * emultempl/gld960.em: Ditto.
        * emultempl/gld960c.em: Ditto.
        * emultempl/mipsecoff.em: Ditto.
        * emultempl/ticoff.em: Ditto.
        * emultempl/vanilla.em: Ditto.

        * pe-dll.c: Include ldfile.h
        * ldver.c: Include ldexp.h, ldlang.h, ldfile.h

        * mpw-elfmips.c: (gldelf32ebmip_before_allocation): Add missing
        arguments to bfd_elf32_size_dynamic_sections call.
        (gldelf32ebmip_place_orphan): Add missing arguments to
        lang_leave_output_section_statement call.

2000-07-10  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/pe.em (pe_enable_stdcall_fixup): Protect with
        DLL_SUPPORT.
        (strhash): Likewise.
        (compute_dll_image_base): Likewise.
        (pe_undef_found_sym): Likewise.
        (pe_undef_cdecl_match): Likewise.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_open_dynamic_archive): Mark the
        argument "arch" with ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED.

2000-07-10  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * configure.tgt: Remove extraneous hppa*-*-linux-gnu*.

        From  Ryan Bradetich  <rbradetich@uswest.net>
        * ldwrite.c (SSIZE): Remove to cure macro redefinition warning.

2000-07-09  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        Changes to create multiple linker stubs, positioned immediately
        before the section where they are required.
        * emultempl/hppaelf.em: Include elf32-hppa.h.
        (stub_sec, file_chain): Delete.
        (hppaelf_create_output_section_statements): Don't make a stub
        section here.
        (hook_stub_info): New struct.
        (hook_in_stub): New function.
        (hppaelf_add_stub_section): New function.
        (hppaelf_finish): Do nothing for relocateable links.  Modify the
        call to elf32_hppa_size_stubs.  Move code for updating section
        layout from here...
        (hppaelf_layaout_sections_again): ..to here, a new function.

        * emultempl/hppaelf.em (hppaelf_delete_padding_statements): Fix
        broken list handling.  Pass in a pointer to the list.
        (hppaelf_finish): Update call to hppaelf_delete_padding_statements
        for above changes.
        (hppaelf_before_parse): Prototype.
        (hppaelf_set_output_arch): Prototype.
        (hppaelf_create_output_section_statements): Prototype.
        (hppaelf_delete_padding_statements): Prototype.
        (hppaelf_finish): Prototype.

        Merge from elf32.em
        * emultempl/hppaelf.em: Include ctype.h.
        (struct orphan_save): New.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): New.
        (output_rel_find): New.
        (hppaelf_get_script): Update from elf32.em.
        (ld_hppaelf_emulation): Rename to ld_${EMULATION_NAME}_emulation.
        Change emulation_name field to "${EMULATION_NAME}".  Add
        gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan.

        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Reinstate ehppaelf.o,  add
        ehppalinux.o, sort it.  Regenerate dependencies.
        (ehppalinux.c): Depend on hppaelf.em
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

        * configure.tgt: targ_emul=hppalinux for hppa*linux

        * emulparams/hppalinux.sh: New.
        * emulparams/hppaelf.sh (TARGET_PAGE_SIZE): Write in hex.

2000-07-08  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * lexsup.c (parse_args): Copy section name.

2000-07-07  Charles Wilson  <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>

        * emultempl/pe.em: institute the following search order for
        dynamic libraries on pei386: libfoo.dll.a, foo.dll.a (import
        libs), libfoo.dll, foo.dll (link direct to dll).  Fall back to
        static lib (libfoo.a) if none of the above are found.

2000-07-07  Mumit Khan  <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>

        * emultempl/pe.em (pe_enable_auto_image_base): New variable.
        (longopts): New --{enable,disable}-auto-image-base options.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options): Document.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_parse): Handle.
        (strhash): New static function.
        (compute_dll_image_base): New static function.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_set_symbols): Use.

2000-07-05  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>

        * MAINTAINERS: new

2000-07-01  Koundinya K  <kk@ddeorg.soft.net>

        * configure.tgt: Add traditional mips (mips*-*-sysv4*) target.
        * emulparams/elf32btsmip.sh: New file.
        * Makefile.am: Add traditional mips target.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2000-07-01  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * Makefile.am (EXTRA_ld_new_SOURCES): Set to deffilep.y for
        automake to use YLWRAP.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2000-07-01  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * Makefile.am (DEP): Fix 2000-06-22.  grep after running dep.sed
        (CLEANFILES): Add DEPA.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2000-06-30  Timothy Wall  <twall@ppc>

        * scripttempl/tic54xcoff.sc: PAGE N is not implemented, so encode
        the page in the upper octet of the address.

2000-06-26  Marek Michalkiewicz  <marekm@linux.org.pl>

        * emulparams/avrmega161.sh (ARCH): Change to avr:5.

2000-06-24  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * NEWS: arm-elf does --gc-sections too.

2000-06-22  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * Makefile.am (DEP): grep for leading `/' in DEP1, and fail if we
        find one.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2000-06-21  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * Makefile.am: Rebuild dependency.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2000-06-20  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * Makefile.am: Rebuild dependency.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2000-06-20  Timothy Wall  <twall@cygnus.com>

        * scripttempl/tic54xcoff.sc: New.
        * ldlang.c (wild_doit): Propagate SEC_BLOCK flag.
        * gen-doc.texi: Add flag for TI COFF.
        * ld.texinfo: Add documentation for TI COFF handling switches.
        * emultempl/ticoff.em: New. TI COFF handling.
        * configure.tgt: Add tic54x target.
        * Makefile.am: Add tic54x target.
        * Makefile.in: Ditto.

2000-06-20  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ldmain.c (set_scripts_dir): Correct pointer comparison when
        checking for backslashes.

2000-06-19  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * NEWS: Move entries not in 2.10 above "Changes in version 2.10".

2000-06-18  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * NEWS: Update list of targets supporting --gc-sections.

        * scripttempl/elf.sc: KEEP .eh_frame contents.
        * scripttempl/elfd30v.sc: Same here.

2000-06-18  Stephane Carrez  <stcarrez@worldnet.fr>

        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Added new emulation for m68hc12
        and m68hc11 (elf).
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.
        * configure.tgt: Recognize m68hc12 and m68hc11.
        * scripttempl/elfm68hc12.sc: New file.
        * emulparams/m68hc12elfb: New emulation.
        * emulparams/m68hc12elf: New emulation.
        * emulparams/m68hc11elfb.sh: New file.  User configurable emulation
        (includes a memory.x script to define the ROM and RAM banks).
        * scripttempl/elfm68hc11.sc, emulparams/m68hc11elf.sh:
        New configuration files for support of Motorola 68hc11

2000-06-15  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ldmain.c (main): Only change SEC_READONLY for final link.

2000-06-13  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * configure: Regenerate.

2000-06-08  David O'Brien  <obrien@FreeBSD.org>

        * configure.in (VERSION): Update to show this is the CVS mainline.

2000-06-07  Michael Sokolov  <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG>

        * emultempl/mipsecoff.em (gld{EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Require all
        input objects to be ECOFF.
        (check_sections): einfo takes %B, not %P, to print a BFD name.

2000-06-05  Michael Matz <matz@ifh.de>

        * ldgram.y (vers_defns): Handle 'extern "C++" { ... }' in
        version scripts.

        * ldlex.l (V_IDENTIFIER): Accept `::' in symbols.

2000-05-23  Marek Michalkiewicz  <marekm@linux.org.pl>

        * emulparams/avr1200.sh (STACK): Define as 0.
        * emulparams/avr23xx.sh (STACK): Define as last internal SRAM address.
        * emulparams/avr4433.sh (STACK): Likewise.
        * emulparams/avr44x4.sh (STACK): Likewise.
        * emulparams/avr85xx.sh (STACK): Likewise.
        * emulparams/avrmega103.sh (STACK): Likewise.
        * emulparams/avrmega161.sh (STACK): Likewise.
        * emulparams/avrmega603.sh (STACK): Likewise.
        * scripttempl/elf32avr.sc (__data_start): Define for gcrt1.
        (__stack): Define from ${STACK} for main().

2000-05-26  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * Makefile.am: Update dependencies with "make dep-am"
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2000-05-26  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

        * ldmain.c: Include filenames.h.
        (set_scripts_dir): Support backslashes in program name.

2000-05-22  Igor Shevlyakov  <igor@windriver.com>

        * ldmain.c (main): When deciding if ".text" section should be
        read-only, don't forget to reset SEC_READONLY because it
        could be already set.

2000-05-22  Thomas de Lellis  <tdel@windriver.com>

        * ld.1: Add documentation for new command line option:
                --section-start <sectionname>=<sectionorg>
        This is a generic version of -Ttext etc. which accepts
        any section name as a parameter instead of just text/data/
        bss.
        * ld.texinfo: More docs.
        * NEWS: More docs.
        * lexsup.c: (parse_args): Recognize new command line option.
        (ld_options): Add new option.

2000-05-18  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * lexsup.c (parse_args): `i' == `r', not `q'.

Thu May 18 10:47:57 2000  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * configure.tgt (hppa*64*-*-*): Enable PA64 target.

2000-05-17 S. Bharadwaj Yadavalli  <sby@scrugs.lkg.dec.com>
              Rick Gorton          <gorton@scrugs.lkg.dec.com>

        Add support for '-q' == '--emit-relocs' switch.
        * ldmain.c (main): Default to false.
        * lexsup.c (parse_args): Turn on emitrelocations flag if set.
        * NEWS: Describe the emitrelocations switch.
        * ld.texinfo: Describe the emitrelocations switch.

2000-05-16  Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>

        * emultempl/pe.em (_open_dynamic_archive): New function: Search
        the library path for "foo.dll" and "libfoo.dll" dynamic libraries
        before searching for 'libfoo.a' in response to a '-Bdynamic -lfoo'
        link options.

2000-05-15  David O'Brien  <obrien@FreeBSD.org>

        * lexsup.c (parse_args): Update the year in the copyright notice.

2000-05-13  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ld.h (gettext, dgettext, dcgettext, textdomain, bindtextdomain):
        Replace defines with those from intl/libgettext.h to quieten gcc
        warnings.

2000-05-10  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldlang.c (open_input_bfds): Don't load the same file within
        a group again if the whole archive has been loaded already.

2000-05-03  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        From Ulf Carlsson <ulfc@engr.sgi.com> and Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
        * lexsup.c (set_section_start): Use bfd_scan_vma rather than
        strtoul.

Mon May  1 17:34:34 2000  Jim Wilson  <wilson@cygnus.com>

        * configure.host (ia64-*-linux-gnu*): Change gcc to ${CC}.

        * configure.host: Added HOSTING_CRT0, HOSTING_LIBS for
        host "ia64-*-linux-gnu*".

2000-04-29  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

        * ld.h: Correctly check GCC version.

Tue Apr 25 11:20:43 2000  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)

        * Makefile.am: Add PA64 support.  Add missing dependencies for
        PA32 elf support.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuilt.
        * configure.tgt: Add PA64 support (currently disabled).

2000-04-25  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_section): Delete.
        (output_rel_find): New function.
        (hold_section, hold_use): Delete.
        (hold_text, hold_rodata, hold_data, hold_bss, hold_rel,
        hold_interp): Make local to place_orphan.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Use lang_output_section_find
        rather than place_section to find possible previous use of orphan.
        Similarly find the place-holder output sections.  Use returned
        value from lang_enter_output_section_statement rather than calling
        lang_output_section_statement_lookup.
        * emultempl/armelf.em: Same here.
        * emultempl/pe.em: Similar to above, but no need for output_rel_find.

        * ldlang.c (lang_enter_output_section_statement): Return output
        section statement.
        * ldlang.h (lang_enter_output_section_statement): Change
        declaration too.

        * ldlang.h (lang_output_section_statement): Export it.
        * ldlang.c (lang_output_section_statement): Ditto.

2000-04-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * ld.texinfo (Output Section Data): Add note that section data
        commands cannot appear outside of section directives.

2000-04-2  Matthew Green  <mrg@cygnus.com>

        * configure.tgt: Add NetBSD/sparc ELF, and NetBSD/sparc64 support.

Fri Apr 21 13:20:53 2000  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>
                          David Mosberger  <davidm@hpl.hp.com>

        * Makefile.am (ALL_64_EMULATIONS): Add eelf64_ia64.o.
        (eelf64_ia64.c): New rule.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.
        * configure.tgt (ia64-*-elf*, ia64-*-linux*): New targets.
        * emulparams/elf64_ia64.sh: New file.

2000-04-21  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * scripttempl/elfd30v.sc: Place .gcc_except_table.

2000-04-19  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * dep-in.sed: Match space at start of file name, not at end.

2000-04-18  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Call
        lang_leave_output_section_statement () after calling
        lang_enter_output_section_statement ().
        * emultempl/armelf.em: Likewise.

2000-04-18  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (struct orphan_save): Add section field.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Use above to keep sections in
        better order, and place first orphan section as we did before the
        2000-04-12 patch.  Ignore ~SEC_ALLOC sections when choosing place.
        Don't call make_bfd_section here, let wild_doit do the job for us.
        Don't build a statement list when we'll only throw it away.
        * emultempl/armelf.em: Ditto.
        * emultempl/pe.em: Similarly.

2000-04-14  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@cygnus.com>

        * scripttempl/elfppc.sc: Remove.
        * emulparams/elf32ppc.sh: Use elf.sc.
        * emulparams/elf32lppc.sh: Use elf.sc.
        * emulparams/elf32ppclinux.sh: Use elf.sc.
        * emulparams/elf32ppcsim.sh: New file.
        * emulparams/elf32lppcsim.sh: New file.
        * Makefile.am: Update dependencies.  Add elf32ppcsim ad elf32lppcsim.
        (ALL_EMULATIONS): Add elf32ppcsim ad elf32lppcsim.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * configure.tgt (powerpc-*): Add elf32ppcsim and elf32lppcsim.

2000-04-14  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Process
        ~SEC_ALLOC sections too.  Init start address of debug sections.
        * emultempl/armelf.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Ditto.
        * emultempl/pe.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Ditto.
        Also set all relocateable section start addresses.

2000-04-13  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@cygnus.com>

        * scripttempl/elf.sc: Add support for .sbss2 and .sdata2 sections.
        Add new BSS_PLT variable for when .plt need not be contained in
        the file.  Move _etext so that it is also after .fini, and provide
        both etext and _etext with a leading underscore.  Mark the start
        and end of .sbss.

2000-04-12  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * emultempl/elf32.em (struct orphan_save): New.
        (hold_text, hold_rodata, hold_data, hold_bss, hold_rel,
        hold_interp): Make them struct orphan_save.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_section): Modify for new hold_*.
        (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Add new orphan sections to
        the end of the relevant section list.  Also add associated section
        statements to the end of any previous orphan statements.
        * emultempl/armelf.em: Similarly.
        * emultempl/pe.em: Similarly.

2000-04-11  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ld.texinfo (Simple Example): Remove extraneous paragraph.

Fri Apr  7 15:56:57 2000  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>

        * configure.in (WARN_CFLAGS): Set to -W -Wall by default.  Add
        --enable-build-warnings option.
        * Makefile.am (AM_CFLAGS, WARN_CFLAGS): Add definitions.
        * Makefile.in, configure: Re-generate.

2000-04-04  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * po/ld.pot: Regenerate.

        * lexsup.c (help): Restore translated part of bug string.

        * Makefile.am (MKDEP): Use gcc -MM rather than mkdep.
        (DEP): Quote when passing vars to sub-make.  Add warning message
        to end.
        (DEP1): Rewrite for "gcc -MM".
        (CLEANFILES): Add DEP2.
        Update dependencies.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2000-04-03  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

        * ld.h: #include "bin-bugs.h"
        * lexsup.c (help): Use REPORT_BUGS_TO.

2000-03-27  Denis Chertykov  <denisc@overta.ru>

        * configure.tgt (avr-*-*): New target support.
        * Makefile.am: Likewise.
        * scripttempl/elf32avr.sc: New script file.
        * emulparams/avr1200.sh: New file.
        * emulparams/avr23xx.sh: New file.
        * emulparams/avr4433.sh New file.
        * emulparams/avr44x4.sh New file.
        * emulparams/avr85xx.sh New file.
        * emulparams/avrmega103.sh New file.
        * emulparams/avrmega161.sh New file.
        * emulparams/avrmega603.sh New file.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2000-03-09  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

        * Makefile.am (check-DEJAGNU): Also unset LANG.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2000-03-06  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@zembu.com>

        * ldfile.c (ldfile_try_open_bfd): Don't crash if we see an empty
        archive.

2000-03-02  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emulparams/elf32mcore.sh: Include "getopt.h".

2000-03-01  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@zembu.com>

        * configure.tgt: Remove *-*-aout, *-*-coff, and *-*-netware.

2000-03-01  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * emulparams/mipspe.sh: Add SUBSYSTEM and INITIAL_SYMBOL_CHAR.
        * emulparams/shpe.sh: Likewise.

2000-03-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * pe-dll.c: Remove unused variables and add ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
        to unused parameters.

        * emultempl/pe.em: Add "#ifdef DLL_SUPPORT" around static
        functions only used by DLL code.
        (_place_orphan): Initialise 'dollar'.

2000-03-01  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldmain.c (undefined_symbol): Take one more arg, fatal, to
        indicate if the undefined symbol is a fatal error or not.
        Don't delete the output file if "fatal" is false.

2000-02-29  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * Makefile.am (check-DEJAGNU): Also pass LIBS="$(LIBS)".
        Set LC_COLLATE and LC_ALL to null and export them. It is for
        sort which expects the C locale.
        Add $(LIBS) to all $(HOSTING_LIBS).
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2000-02-29  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>

        * emultempl/{aix.em, armcoff.em, armelf.em, armelf_oabi.em,
        beos.em, elf32.em, generic.em, gld960.em, gld960c.em, hppaelf.em,
        linux.em, lnk960.em, mipsecoff.em, sunos.em, vanilla.em}
        (ld_emulation_xfer_struct): Add missing NULL initialiser for
        find_potential_libraries.

2000-02-28  Jim Blandy  <jimb@redhat.com>

        * ldgram.y (exclude_name_list): Don't require a comma to separate
        list entries; the lexer considers commas to be valid part of a
        filename, so in something like `foo, bar' the comma is considered
        part of the first filename, `foo,'.
        * ld.texinfo: Update section on EXCLUDE_FILE lists.

2000-02-27  Loren J. Rittle  <ljrittle@acm.org>

        * configure.host: Added HOSTING_CRT0, HOSTING_LIBS for
        host "i[3456]86-*-freebsdelf*".

2000-02-27  Mark Elbrecht  <snowball3@bigfoot.com>

        * scripttempl/i386go32.sc: Move misplaced semicolons.

2000-02-25  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@zembu.com>

        * Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATIONS): Remove ehppaelf.o.
        (ALL_64_EMULATIONS): Remove eelf64hppa.o.
        (eelf64hppa.c, ehppaelf.c): Remove targets.
        * Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2000-02-25  Alexandre Oliva  <oliva@lsd.ic.unicamp.br>

        * configure.tgt (targ_extra_ofiles): Enable elf64_sparc on
        GNU/Linux/sparc, but keep the default as 32.

        * configure.tgt: Enable elf64_sparc on Solaris7+/sparc.  And make
        it default if sparcv9 or sparc64.

2000-02-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * Makefile.am: Add rules to build emipspe.o and earmpe.o.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * configure.tgt: Add targets for arm-wince, sh-pe and mips-pe.

        * ldemul.h (ld_emulation_xfer_struct): Add new field:
        find_potential_libraries.
        * ldemul.c (ldemul_find_potential_libraries): New function.

        * ldfile.c (ldfile_open_file_search): Allow function to be
        exported.
        (ldfile_open_file): Call ldemul_find_potential_libraries.
        * ldfile.h: Add prototype for ldfile_open_file_search.

        * pe-dll.c: Add support for ARM, MIPS and SH targets.

        * emulparams/mipspe.sh: New file.  Parameters for mips-pe target.
        * emulparams/shpe.sh: New file.  Parameters for sh-pe target.

        * emultempl/pe.em: Add support for ARM, MIPS and SH DLLs.
        (gld_X_find_potential_libraries): New function.  Search for
        libraries called "*.lib".

        * scripttempl/pe.sc: Add .pdata section.

2000-02-23  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * scripttempl/elfd10v.sc: Remove dynamic linking hooks.
        Add and use memory regions.

2000-02-23  Linas Vepstas (linas@linas.org)

        * emulparams/elf32i370.sh, scripttempl/elfi370.sc: New.

        * Makefile.am: Add support for Linux/IBM 370.
        * configure.tgt: Likewise.

        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2000-02-21  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>

        * ldlang.c (print_input_section, print_data_statement,
        print_reloc_statement, print_padding_statement, insert_pad,
        size_input_section, lang_check_section_addresses,
        lang_size_sections, lang_do_assignments, lang_set_startof,
        lang_one_common): Change `opb' to unsigned.
        (lang_do_assignments): Also change `size' to unsigned.

2000-02-16  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

        * scripttempl/elf.sc: Place OTHER_PLT_RELOC_SECTION.

2000-02-16  Timothy Wall  <twall@cygnus.com>

        * mri.c (mri_draw_tree): Add default LMA region argument to call
        to lang_leave_output_section_statement.
        * ldlang.h: Update prototypes with LMA region arguments.
        * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections): Encapsulate region bounds
        checking in os_check_region call.
        (os_check_region): New function.
        (lang_output_section_statement_lookup): Initialize lma_region.
        (lang_leave_output_section_statement): Add LMA region argument.
        (lang_leave_overlay): Ditto.
        * ldgram.y: Handle LMA region syntax.
        * ld.texinfo (Output Section Description): Describe LMA region usage.
        * emultempl/armelf.em (gld$place_orphan): Add default value for
        lma region in call to lang_leave_output_section_statement.
        * emultempl/elf32.em (gld$place_orphan): Add default value for
        lma region in call to lang_leave_output_section_statement.
        * emultempl/pe.em (gld$place_orphan): Add default value for
        lma region in call to lang_leave_output_section_statement.


2000-02-04  Timothy Wall  <twall@redhat.com>

        * ldlang.c (lang_check_section_addresses): Use bytes instead of
        octets when calculating section end addresses.

2000-02-04  Timothy Wall  <twall@redhat.com>

        * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections): Fix typo in ALIGN_N invocation.

2000-02-03  Timothy Wall <twall@redhat.com>

        * ldexp.c (fold_name): Make SIZEOF operator return byte count, not
        octet count.
        * ldlang.c (print_input_section, print_data_statement,
        print_reloc_statement, print_padding_statement): Print target
        address values and section sizes as bytes, not octets.
        (insert_pad) Calculate padding size in octets, and adjust "dot"
        by bytes.
        (size_input_section) Always adjust "dot" by bytes, not octets.
        (lang_check_section_addresses, lang_do_assignments) Adjust
        "dot" by bytes, not octets.  Use the larger of the directive size
        or octets_per_byte for the number of octets actually allocated in
        the output section.
        (lang_set_startof) Make sure STARTOF returns a target address.
        (lang_one_common) Record size changes in octets.
        (lang_abs_symbol_at_end_of) Section end symbol's value is
        recorded in target bytes.
        * ld.texinfo:   Updated description of BYTE, SHORT, LONG, etc.
        to be clear about behavior when an octet is smaller than one byte.

2000-01-27  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>

        * ldcref.c (output_cref): Don't pass message strings to printf
        as format arg.
        Update copyright.

        * ldmisc.c (vfinfo): Same here.
        Update copyright.

2000-01-23  Alan Modra  <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au>

        * emultempl/{armcoff.em,armelf.em,armelf_oabi.em,beos.em,
        generic.em,gld960.em,gld960c.em,hppaelf.em,linux.em,lnk960.em,
        mipsecoff.em,sunos.em,vanilla.em} (ld_emulation_xfer_struct):
        Add missing NULL initialisers, and comments.

        * testsuite/ld-srec/sr3.cc (__rethrow): New.

2000-01-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections): Fix typo in comment.

2000-01-18  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

        * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections): Also update the current
        address of a region if the SEC_NEVER_LOAD bit is not set.

2000-01-10  Philip Blundell  <pb@futuretv.com>

        * configure.tgt (arm*-*-conix*): New target.

2000-01-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>

        * ld.texinfo (Options): Remind users to preceed linker command
        line switches with -Wl, (or whatever is appropriate) if it is
        being invoked by a comnpiler driver program.
        Fix description of the behaviour of the -n command line switch.

Wed Jan  5 08:02:12 2000  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>

        * ld.h (wildcard_spec):  Change exclude_name to exclude_name_list.
        (name_list): New.
        * ld.texinfo (EXCLUDE_FILE): Update documentation.
        * ldgram.y (wildcard_spec): Support a list of excluded_files.
        (exclude_name_list): New.
        ldlang.c (walk_wild_section): Support list of excluded files.
        (print_wild_statement): Likewise.
        (lang_add_wild): Likewise.
        * ldlang.h (lang_wild_statement_type): Likewise.
        * scripttempl/elf.sc (OTHER_EXCLUDE_FILES): Support.

2000-01-04  Mumit Khan  <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>

        * pe-dll.c (pe_dll_warn_dup_exports): New variable.
        (process_def_file): Use.
        (pe_dll_compat_implib): New variable.
        (make_one): Use.

        * pe-dll.h: Add exports of pe_dll_warn_dup_exports and
        pe_dll_compat_implib.

        * emultempl/pe.em (longopts): Add warn-duplicate-exports and
        compat-implib options.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_list_options): List new options.
        (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_parse_args): Handle.

        * pe-dll.c (pe_dll_generate_implib): Use the correct name for output
        dll.

        * deffilep.y (opt_name): Allow "." in name.

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