PR 4824

* ld.texinfo (Options): Extend the description of the -O command line option.

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index f0a5ab9bfa58c5d3338989faa4cb1bfbca6e4c86..c669d31f53e0dce07eb28509f2e0057c409b301a 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-07-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR 4824
+       * ld.texinfo (Options): Extend the description of the -O command
+       line option.
+
 2007-07-24  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
 
        * pep.sc: Correct ctor/dtor sentinels for 64-bit targets.

diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index aca01629aa7adfe03d14b0bbba33632716844d4b..f27c08c8c60bbee5b2808023c9db70dd356e6668 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -758,7 +758,11 @@ script command @code{OUTPUT} can also specify the output file name.
 @item -O @var{level}
 If @var{level} is a numeric values greater than zero @command{ld} optimizes
 the output.  This might take significantly longer and therefore probably
-should only be enabled for the final binary.
+should only be enabled for the final binary.  At the moment this
+option only affects ELF shared library generation.  Future releases of
+the linker may make more use of this option.  Also currently there is
+no difference in the linker's behaviour for different non-zero values
+of this option.  Again this may change with future releases.
 
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