HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes

Programming
Miscellaneous
Chapter 15
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— /usr/bin/yacc -> /opt/langtools/bin/yacc
— /usr/bin/lex -> /opt/langtools/bin/lex
Perl Programming Language
See “Perl Programming Language” on page 133.
Linker and Object File Tools (ld, crt0.o, dld.sl, libdld.sl, chatr,
and odump)
new at 11i
original release
The following list summarizes the changes to linker and object file tools. Details for
several of the linker changes follow the lists.
Linker Changes
• Incremental linking supported in 64-bit ld and elfdump.
• Unix 98 (32-bit dl()* calls) supported in libdld.sl and dld.sl.
• 32-bit Filtered shared libraries supported in ld, dld.sl and in odump.
• GProf 32-bit shared library supported in crt0.o and dld.sl.
• ld +filter option creates filtered shared libraries.
• Support for ldd32, which lists dynamic dependencies of executable files or shared
libraries in dld.sl.
• Plabel cache, caches PLABELS at run-time, supported in ld and dld.sl.
• ld +dependdb and +dependdb_outputdir options generate dependency database,
ldb file.
• ld +objdebugonly (in both 32-bit and 64-bit) ignores debug information from non-
objdebug objects or archives and then proceeds in +objdebug mode.
• Special support for OGL's TLS shared library in dld (both 32- and 64-bit).
Tools Enhancements
• elfdump +ild displays incremental linking information.
• ar -x option allows modules from lib to keep datestamp.
•odump -tlssym option displays the TLS (thread) symbols.
• chatr +q3p enable/disable and q4p enable/disable option supports marking
3rd/4th quadrant for private data space.
• odump -verifyall option suppresses stub warnings on executable.
• odump -filtertable to displays the filtered shared library's implementation
libraries.