HP-UX Linker and Libraries Release Notes (September, 2007 )

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HP-UX Linker and Libraries Release Notes (September 2007)......................................5
Announcement.......................................................................................................................................5
New Features in This Release.................................................................................................................5
New Linker Features for Integrity Systems and PA64 Systems........................................................5
New +[no]concatrpath Linker Option to Concatenate Search Paths Specified by Multiple +b
path_list Linker Options..............................................................................................................6
chatr/dld Support for Memory Leak Checking...........................................................................6
New -nbucket Linker Option to Optimize Hash Table Size........................................................6
Link Time Support for Ordering Initializers Based on Compile Time Defined Priority ............7
Improved Fastbind Support to Validate Fastbind Data on a Per-Library Basis..........................7
Improved Linker Error Messages to Distinguish Between Missing and Mismatched
Libraries.......................................................................................................................................7
New -emit_relocs Linker Option to Preserve Compiler Generated Relocation Sections in the
Output Binary..............................................................................................................................7
Support to Ignore Strip Options During Implicit Profile Linking...............................................7
Improved Diagnostics for Shared Library Mapping Errors........................................................7
Link-time Checking Support for Unaligned Data Access Errors................................................8
New Linker Features for PA32 Systems............................................................................................8
New RTLD_VERBOSE Flag for the dlopen Routine...................................................................8
chatr/dld Support for Memory Leak Checking...........................................................................8
Documentation Overview......................................................................................................................8
Before You Begin...............................................................................................................................8
Accessing HP-UX Linker Online Help..............................................................................................9
Related Information...........................................................................................................................9
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