the features of the GNU linker for ELF targets. Notable
omissions--features of the GNU linker not currently supported in
gold--are:
- * MEMORY regions in linker scripts
* MRI compatible linker scripts
- * linker map files (-M, -Map)
* cross-reference reports (--cref)
- * linker garbage collection (--gc-sections)
- * position independent executables (-pie)
* various other minor options
communicate via Task_token objects. Task_token objects are only
manipulated while holding the master Workqueue lock. Relatively few
mutexes are used.
+
+
+Build requirements
+==================
+
+The gold source code uses templates heavily. Building it requires a
+recent version of g++. g++ 4.0.3 is known to work. g++ 3.2 and g++
+3.4.3 are known to fail.
+
+The linker script parser uses features which are only in newer
+versions of bison. bison 2.3 is known to work. bison 1.26 is known
+to fail. If you are building gold from an official binutils release,
+the bison output should already be included.