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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/usr.bin/ld/ld.1')
-rw-r--r-- | gnu/usr.bin/ld/ld.1 | 25 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ld.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ld.1 index 10eda4df2e7a..f6add79b44e0 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ld.1 +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ld.1 @@ -90,15 +90,14 @@ Specifies that linking against dynamic libraries can take place. If a library specifier of the form -lx appears on the command line, .Nm searches for a library of the from libx.so.n.m -.Po see the \& +(see the .Fl l -option -.Pc +option) according to the search rules in effect. If such a file can not be found a traditional archive is looked for. This options can appear anywhere on the command line and is complementary to -.Fl B Ns Ar static. +.Fl B Ns Ar static . .It Fl B Ns Ar forcedynamic This is similar to .Fl B Ns Ar dynamic @@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ Force allocation of commons even producing relocatable output. Force alias definitions of procedure calls in non-PIC code. Useful to obtain shareable code in the presence of run-time relocations as such calls will be re-directed through the Procedure Linkage Table (see -.Xr link 5) +.Xr link 5 ) .It Fl e Ar entry-symbol Specifies the entry symbol for an executable. .It Fl f @@ -161,12 +160,12 @@ output. If the .Fl B Ns Ar dynamic option is in effect, a shared library of the form lib<spec>.so.m.n -.Po where \& +(where .Em m is the major, and .Em n -is the minor version number, respectively -.Pc is searched for first. The +is the minor version number, respectively) +is searched for first. The library with the highest version found in the search path is selected. If no shared library is found or the .Fl B Ns Ar static @@ -187,22 +186,20 @@ Produce a output file. .It Fl nostdlib Do not search the built-in path -.Po -usually -.Dq /usr/lib -.Pc +(usually +.Dq /usr/lib ) for .Fl l specified libraries. .It Fl O Ar filename Specifies the name of the output file. The file is created as -.Ar filename .tmp +.Ar filename Ns Pa .tmp and when output is complete renamed to .Ar filename . .It Fl o Ar filename Specifies the name of the output file. Defaults to -.Dq a.out. +.Dq Pa a.out . .It Fl Q Produce a .Dv QMAGIC |