+2007-03-29 Richard Sandiford <richard@codesourcery.com>
+ Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * NEWS: Mention -l:foo.
+ * ld.texinfo: Document it.
+ * ldlang.c (new_afile): If a lang_input_file_is_l_enum
+ entry as a name beginning with a coloh, convert it to a
+ lang_input_file_is_search_file_enum entry without the colon.
+
2007-03-28 Richard Sandiford <richard@codesourcery.com>
* ld.h (ld_config_type): Add rpath_separator.
function to call.
@cindex archive files, from cmd line
-@kindex -l@var{archive}
-@kindex --library=@var{archive}
-@item -l@var{archive}
-@itemx --library=@var{archive}
-Add archive file @var{archive} to the list of files to link. This
-option may be used any number of times. @command{ld} will search its
-path-list for occurrences of @code{lib@var{archive}.a} for every
-@var{archive} specified.
+@kindex -l@var{namespec}
+@kindex --library=@var{namespec}
+@item -l@var{namespec}
+@itemx --library=@var{namespec}
+Add the archive or object file specified by @var{namespec} to the
+list of files to link. This option may be used any number of times.
+If @var{namespec} is of the form @file{:@var{filename}}, @command{ld}
+will search the library path for a file called @var{filename}, otherise it
+will search the library path for a file called @file{lib@var{namespec}.a}.
On systems which support shared libraries, @command{ld} may also search for
-libraries with extensions other than @code{.a}. Specifically, on ELF
-and SunOS systems, @command{ld} will search a directory for a library with
-an extension of @code{.so} before searching for one with an extension of
-@code{.a}. By convention, a @code{.so} extension indicates a shared
-library.
+files other than @file{lib@var{namespec}.a}. Specifically, on ELF
+and SunOS systems, @command{ld} will search a directory for a library
+called @file{lib@var{namespec}.so} before searching for one called
+@file{lib@var{namespec}.a}. (By convention, a @code{.so} extension
+indicates a shared library.) Note that this behavior does not apply
+to @file{:@var{filename}}, which always specifies a file called
+@var{filename}.
The linker will search an archive only once, at the location where it is
specified on the command line. If the archive defines a symbol which
+2007-03-29 Richard Sandiford <richard@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * ld-libs/lib-1.s, ld-libs/lib-2.s, ld-libs/lib-2.d,
+ * ld-libs/libs.exp: New files.
+
2007-03-28 Richard Sandiford <richard@codesourcery.com>
* ld-vxworks/rpath-1.s, ld-vxworks/rpath-1.d,