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diff --git a/ld/ld.1 b/ld/ld.1
index 9b4b0319295973859d1af58b11ec32e3e50c381c..129d91e81ea2f3992a05249609dc85c685a9b14c 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.1
+++ b/ld/ld.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 1997 Free Software Foundation
+.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1999 Free Software Foundation
 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
 .TH ld 1 "17 August 1992" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
 .de BP
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ ld \- the GNU linker
 .br
 .RB "[\|" "\-defsym\ "\c
 .I symbol\c
-\& = \c
+\&=\c
 .I expression\c
 \&\|]
+.RB "[\|" \-\-demangle "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-\-no\-demangle "\|]"
 .RB "[\|" "\-e\ "\c
 .I entry\c
 \&\|] 
@@ -120,6 +122,11 @@ ld \- the GNU linker
 .RB "[\|" "\-T\ "\c
 .I commandfile\c
 \&\|]  
+.RB "[\|" "\-\-section\-start\ "\c
+.I sectionname\c
+\&=\c
+.I sectionorg\c
+\&\|]
 .RB "[\|" "\-Ttext\ "\c
 .I textorg\c
 \&\|] 
@@ -251,8 +258,9 @@ The exceptions\(em\&which may meaningfully be used more than once\(em\&are
 .B \-format\c
 \&), \c
 .B \-defsym\c
-\&,
-\c
+\&, \c
+.B \-\-section\-start\c
+\&, \c
 .B \-L\c
 \&, \c
 .B \-l\c
@@ -452,7 +460,7 @@ specified (\c
 \& has the same effect.
 
 .TP
-.BI "-defsym " "symbol" "\fR = \fP" expression
+.BI "-defsym " "symbol" "\fR=\fP" expression
 Create a global symbol in the output file, containing the absolute
 address given by \c
 .I expression\c
@@ -470,13 +478,30 @@ symbol, or use \c
 constants or symbols.  If you need more elaborate expressions, consider
 using the linker command language from a script.
 
+.TP
+.B \-\-demangle
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-demangle
+These options control whether to demangle symbol names in error
+messages and other output.  When the linker is told to demangle, it
+tries to present symbol names in a readable fashion: it strips leading
+underscores if they are used by the object file format, and converts
+C++ mangled symbol names into user readable names.  The linker will
+demangle by default unless the environment variable
+.B COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE
+is set.  These options may be used to override the default.
+
 .TP
 .BI "-e " "entry"\c
 \& 
 Use \c
 .I entry\c
 \& as the explicit symbol for beginning execution of your
-program, rather than the default entry point.  for a
+program, rather than the default entry point.  See the `\|\c
+.B ld\c
+\|' entry in `\|\c
+.B info\c
+\|' for a
 discussion of defaults and other ways of specifying the
 entry point.
 
@@ -787,7 +812,7 @@ will be used if it is defined.
 The
 .B \-rpath
 option may also be used on SunOS.  By default, on SunOS, the linker
-will form a runtime search patch out of all the
+will form a runtime search path out of all the
 .B \-L
 options it is given.  If a
 .B \-rpath
@@ -870,6 +895,20 @@ Similar to
 .B \-split\-by\-reloc
 but creates a new output section for each input file.
 
+.TP
+.BI "--section-start " "sectionname" "\fR=\fP"org
+Locate a section in the output file at the absolute
+address given by \c
+.I org\c
+\&.  \c
+\c
+.I org\c
+\& must be a hexadecimal integer.
+You may use this option as many
+times as necessary to locate multiple sections in the command
+line.  If you need more elaborate expressions, consider
+using the linker command language from a script.
+
 .TP
 .BI "\-Tbss " "org"\c
 .TP
@@ -887,7 +926,7 @@ Use \c
 .B text\c
 \& segment of the output file.
 \c
-.I textorg\c
+.I org\c
 \& must be a hexadecimal integer.
 
 .TP
@@ -1078,7 +1117,7 @@ The GNU Binary Utilities\c
 , Roland H. Pesch.
 
 .SH COPYING
-Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .PP
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice