6681761 lies, darn lies, and linker README files
authorab196087
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:41:41 -0700
changeset 6323 f6133eef3be2
parent 6322 c7bf2a887dd4
child 6324 cdf549de6050
6681761 lies, darn lies, and linker README files
usr/src/cmd/sgs/libld/common/README.XLINK
usr/src/cmd/sgs/packages/common/SUNWonld-README
--- a/usr/src/cmd/sgs/libld/common/README.XLINK	Mon Mar 31 09:50:54 2008 -0700
+++ b/usr/src/cmd/sgs/libld/common/README.XLINK	Mon Mar 31 10:41:41 2008 -0700
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@
 a system other than the system running the link-editor (e.g. A link-editor
 running on an amd64 system processing sparc objects). This means that every
 instance of libld.so contains code for building objects for every supported
-target. This unlike GNU ld, where you build gld specifically for the
-platform you're targeting. This is possible because unlike gld, we only
-support Solaris, with a small number of platforms. 
+target. It is not necessary to build libld specifically for the
+platform you're targeting. This is possible because we only support
+Solaris/ELF, with a small number of platforms, and the additional code
+required per target is small.
 
 At initialization, the caller of libld.so specifies the type of objects
 being linked. By default, the ld command determines the machine type and
--- a/usr/src/cmd/sgs/packages/common/SUNWonld-README	Mon Mar 31 09:50:54 2008 -0700
+++ b/usr/src/cmd/sgs/packages/common/SUNWonld-README	Mon Mar 31 10:41:41 2008 -0700
@@ -1332,3 +1332,4 @@
 	PSARC/2008/198 elfwrap - wrap data in an ELF file
 6678244 elfdump dynamic section sanity checking needs refinement
 6679212 sgs use of SCCS id for versioning is obstacle to mercurial migration
+6681761 lies, darn lies, and linker README files