Note that the --rpath-link command line option will search the contents of the SEARCH...

	PR 25588
	* ld.texi (Options): Update the description of the --rpath-link
	option.

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 14a917b25bf9e0700fbe65e9a996196c5ef2ad14..94fe79f6c24cdca13b68bcfe252b4daf36b9dae3 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-03-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR 25588
+       * ld.texi (Options): Update the description of the --rpath-link
+       option.
+
 2020-03-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
        * plugin.c (plugin_object_p): Return a bfd_cleanup.

diff --git a/ld/ld.texi b/ld/ld.texi
index 9bb3d55587bcb9722f7b4e28cebec7074cd716a2..27343c798f39001fcae60306753fd94ed51a107e 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texi
+++ b/ld/ld.texi
@@ -2011,6 +2011,7 @@ runtime linker would do.
 
 The linker uses the following search paths to locate required shared
 libraries:
+
 @enumerate
 @item
 Any directories specified by @option{-rpath-link} options.
@@ -2040,8 +2041,18 @@ libraries needed by it. The @code{DT_RPATH} entries are ignored if
 @item
 The default directories, normally @file{/lib} and @file{/usr/lib}.
 @item
-For a native linker on an ELF system, if the file @file{/etc/ld.so.conf}
-exists, the list of directories found in that file.
+For a linker for a Linux system, if the file @file{/etc/ld.so.conf}
+exists, the list of directories found in that file.  Note: the path
+to this file is prefixed with the @code{sysroot} value, if that is
+defined, and then any @code{prefix} string if the linker was
+configured with the @command{--prefix=<path>} option.
+@item
+For a native linker on a FreeBSD system, any directories specified by
+the @code{_PATH_ELF_HINTS} macro defined in the @file{elf-hints.h}
+header file.
+@item
+Any directories specifed by a @code{SEARCH_DIR} command in the
+linker script being used.
 @end enumerate
 
 If the required shared library is not found, the linker will issue a