* elflink.h (elf_bfd_final_link): Check if dynobj is not NULL

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 -*- text -*-
+* Support for -z nocopyreloc in the x86 ELF linker, which disables
+  production of copy relocs.  Warning: using this option may result in
+  non-sharable applications.
+
+* Support for -z combreloc in the ELF linker, which puts dynamic
+  relocations against the same symbol together, so that dynamic linker
+  can use an one-entry symbol lookup cache.
+
+* Support for ELF SHF_MERGE section merging, by Jakub Jelinek.
+
+* Support for AMD x86-64 architecture, by Jan Hubicka, SuSE Labs.
+
+* Support added for eliminating duplicate DWARF2 debug information by
+  having the compiler generate the information in sections called
+  .gnu.linkonce.wi.XXXX where XXXX is a checksum for the contents.  The
+  linker then merges these sections together into the normal .debug_info
+  section.
+
+* The native ELF linker now searches the directories in DT_RUNPATH or
+  DT_RPATH of a shared library for shared libraries needed by it.
+
+* TI C54x support, by Timothy Wall.
+
+* Added command line switch --section-start to set the start address of any
+  specified section. 
+
+* Added ability to emit full relocation information in linked executables,
+  enabled by --emit-relocs.  Some post-linkage optimization tools need
+  this information in order to be able to correctly identify and perform
+  symbol relative addressing in the event of changes in section contents
+  (instructions being added or deleted, extending data sections, etc.)
+
+* Support for i860, by Jason Eckhardt (preliminary, alpha quality).
+
+* Support for CRIS (Axis Communications ETRAX series).
 
 Changes in version 2.10:
 
+* Added AT> to the linker script language to allow load-time allocation of 
+  sections into regions.
+
 * Added garbage collection of unused sections, enabled by --gc-sections. 
   It does require a bit of backend support; currently implemented are
-  ppc-elf, mips-elf, and mn10300-elf.  Others will ignore the option.
+  arm-elf, avr-elf, d10v-elf, fr30-elf, i386-elf, m32r-elf, m68k-elf,
+  mcore-elf, mips-elf, mn10300-elf, ppc-elf, sh-elf, sparc-elf, and v850-elf.
+  Others will ignore the option.
 
 * Added SORT to the linker script language to permit sorting sections by file
   name or section name.
@@ -12,8 +52,25 @@ Changes in version 2.10:
 * Added EXTERN to the linker script language as an equivalent to the -u
   command-line option.
 
+* Added ASSERT to the linker script language.
+
+* Added EXCLUDE_FILE to the linker script language for further control over
+  wildcard file names.
+
+* Added -O option to optimize linker output (as of this writing, this only
+affects ELF shared library generation).
+
 * The -e option now accepts a number as well as a symbol name.
 
+* Added --no-undefined option to disallow undefined symbols when creating a
+  shared library.
+
+* The linker now issues a warning, not an error, for an undefined symbol when
+  using -Bsymbolic; use the new --no-undefined option to get the old
+  behaviour.
+
+* Added --demangle and --no-demangle options.
+
 Changes in version 2.9:
 
 * Added SQUAD to the linker script language.