Talk:Linker Scripts
Latest comment: 13 years ago by Solar in topic Link to online manual
Naming
Should the page say GNU ld, instead of simply "ld" since the linker script format is most likely GNU ld specific? - Sigjuice 21:17, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
- Not really, as ld de facto refers to the GNU linker (and afaik no other linker is called ld). I decided to put it in anyway because it can do no harm and the word ld alone is hardly noticeable as a hyperlink - Combuster 18:14, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
The name "ld" happens to be quite generic and predates the GNU movement (Part 2, page 20, Unix Programmer's Manual November 3, 1971). Also, most Unix-like systems have their own native linker, usually called ld. Here are four different versions of ld; AIX, Mac OS X, Solaris and HP-UX. - Sigjuice 08:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Link to online manual
Take note that 2.9.1 predates 2.19 (or the currently up-to-date 2.21) by several years. The periods are significant in version numbering. -- Solar 12:08, 19 April 2011 (UTC)