binutils 2.6.0.14 is released.
H.J. Lu
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This is the public release of binutils 2.6.0.14 for Linux, which is
based on the binutils snapshot, gas-960425. It is a Linux only release.
This release is only intended for an ELF based system. You also
need libc 5.3.12 and gcc 2.7.2 or above.
Some changes from 2.6.0.12 are:
1. Linux/alpha support in the binary release is dropped due to
its magic conflict with linux/m68k.
2. A m68000 offset bug in gas is fixed.
3. Now the linker will consult /etc/ld.so.cache again for shared
libraries included by DT_NEEDED. -Wl,-rpath-link is no longer
needed if you compile on Linux for Linux.
4. The objdump core dump bug is fixe.
I also include the cross assembler and cross linker binaries for
SunOS and Solaris under Sparc, m68k/ELF and m68k/linuxaout.
To use the cross assembler and linker binaries without any changes,
you have to configure your cross compiler with
a. Sparc/SunOS:
# configure --prefix=/usr --local-prefix=/usr/local \
--gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ \
--with-gnu-ld --with-gnu-as \
--host=i486-linux --target=sparc-sun-sunos4.1
b. Sparc/Solaris:
# configure --prefix=/usr --local-prefix=/usr/local \
--gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ \
--with-gnu-ld --with-gnu-as \
--host=i486-linux --target=sparc-sun-solaris2
c. m68k/ELF:
# configure --prefix=/usr --local-prefix=/usr/local \
--gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ \
--with-gnu-ld --with-gnu-as \
--host=i486-linux --target=m68k-linux
d. m68k/a.out:
# configure --prefix=/usr --local-prefix=/usr/local \
--gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ \
--with-gnu-ld --with-gnu-as \
--host=i486-linux --target=m68k-linuxaout
This release contains "encaps" and a modified "objdump" by Ross. They
are used to compile the Linux kernel in ELF.
The primary ftp sites for the compiler/C library are tsx-11.mit.edu
under pub/linux/packages/GCC and sunsite.unc.edu under pub/Linux/GCC.
To install this package, please follow the procedure very closely.
Please backup/save all the files you are instructed to delete and you
should do
gzip -dc binutils-2.6.0.14.bin.tar.gz | tar tvvf -
to see what is in there.
The binary file is binutils-2.6.0.14.bin.tar.gz. The source code is
binutils-2.6.0.14.tar.gz. A diff against 2.6 is too big to be
included. binutils-2.6.0.12-2.6.0.14.diff.gz is provided for binutils
2.6.0.14.
Please do back up before you remove things.
To install, PLEASE DO
1. su root
2. cd /
3. gzip -dc binutils-2.6.0.14.bin.tar.gz | tar xvvf -
Now you have the new gas/binutils under /usr/bin and
/usr/i486-linuxaout/bin. You have to do
/usr/i486-linuxaout/bin/as
and
/usr/i486-linuxaout/bin/ld -m i386linux
if you want to use a.out as and ld directly.
If you don't need the cross assemblers/linkers for m68k-linux,
m68k-linuxaout, sparc-sun-solaris2 nor sparc-sun-sunos4.1, please
do
1. su root
2. cd /usr
3. rm -rf m68k-linux m68k-linuxaout sparc-sun-solaris2 sparc-sun-sunos4.1
Thanks.
H.J. Lu
h...@gnu.ai.mit.edu
05/15/96
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#! /bin/sh
#
# This is the shell script used to convert a static a.out library
# into the one compatible with ELF by removing the leading underscore
# in the global symbol names.
#
# Usage: convert libfoo.a [libbar.a ...]
#
# H.J. Lu
# h...@gnu.ai.mit.edu
cwd=`pwd`
prog=$0
usage ()
{
echo Usage: $prog libfoo.a [libbar.a ...]
}
remove_underscore ()
{
lib=$1
case $lib in
lib*.a|*/lib*.a)
if [ ! -f $lib ];
then
echo $lib does not exist.
usage
exit -1
fi
;;
*)
echo $lib is not a static library.
usage
exit -1
;;
esac
case $lib in
/*)
wd=
;;
*)
wd=$cwd
;;
esac
tmpdir=$$$$
cd /tmp
rm -rf $tmpdir
mkdir $tmpdir
cd $tmpdir
ar -x $wd/$lib
for f in *.o
do
objcopy --remove-leading-char $f
done
ar -ucr ../`basename $lib` *.o
cd ..
rm -rf $tmpdir
mv /tmp/$lib $cwd
}
for l in $*
do
cd $cwd
remove_underscore $l
done
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