From 62bf86b426b3408cd7a880d35ba44338397b8e54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans-Peter Nilsson Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:40:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * ld.texinfo (Options, -r): Mention restrictions when using different object formats. --- ld/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ ld/ld.texinfo | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog index 9858969..fe9e0af 100644 --- a/ld/ChangeLog +++ b/ld/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-06-21 Hans-Peter Nilsson + + * ld.texinfo (Options, -r): Mention restrictions when using + different object formats. + 2001-06-19 Hans-Peter Nilsson * ldlang.c (lang_check): Emit fatal error if relocatable link diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 166c4f1..db0cb28 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY @ifinfo This file documents the @sc{gnu} linker LD version @value{VERSION}. -Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, +2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @ignore @@ -701,6 +702,12 @@ If this option is not specified, an absolute file is produced. When linking C++ programs, this option @emph{will not} resolve references to constructors; to do that, use @samp{-Ur}. +When an input file does not have the same format as the output file, +partial linking is only supported if that input file does not contain any +relocations. Different output formats can have further restrictions; for +example some @code{a.out}-based formats do not support partial linking +with input files in other formats at all. + This option does the same thing as @samp{-i}. @kindex -R @var{file} -- 2.7.4