Changes in chapter08/binutils.xml [22166ba:835e40c]

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• chapter08/binutils.xml (modified) (6 diffs)

chapter08/binutils.xml

@@ -52 +52 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">../configure --prefix=/usr       \
              --sysconfdir=/etc   \
+             --enable-gold       \
              --enable-ld=default \
              --enable-plugins    \
@@ -62 +63 @@
 
       <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--enable-gold</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Build the gold linker and install it as ld.gold (alongside the
+          default linker).</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--enable-ld=default</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -107 +116 @@
           ultimately be located) is set to <filename
           class="directory">$(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)</filename>. For
-          example, 64-bit LoongArch machines would expand that to <filename
-          class="directory">/usr/loongarch64-pc-linux-gnu</filename>. Because this is
+          example, x86_64 machines would expand that to <filename
+          class="directory">/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</filename>. Because this is
           a custom system, this target-specific directory in <filename
           class="directory">/usr</filename> is not required. <filename
@@ -133 +142 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="test">grep '^FAIL:' $(find -name '*.log')</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Twelve tests fail in the gold test suite when the
+    <option>--enable-default-pie</option> and
+    <option>--enable-default-ssp</option> options are passed to GCC.</para>
+
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
@@ -153 +166 @@
 
       <seglistitem>
-        <seg>addr2line, ar, as, c++filt, dwp, elfedit, gprof, gprofng, ld, ld.bfd, nm,
+        <seg>addr2line, ar, as, c++filt, dwp, elfedit, gprof, gprofng, ld, ld.bfd, ld.gold, nm,
         objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, and strip</seg>
         <seg>libbfd.so, libctf.so, libctf-nobfd.so, libopcodes.so, and libsframe.so</seg>
@@ -258 +271 @@
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld">
             <primary sortas="b-ld">ld</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="ld.gold">
+        <term><command>ld.gold</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>A cut down version of ld that only supports the
+          elf object file format</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld.gold">
+            <primary sortas="b-ld.gold">ld.gold</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>