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

HP-UX Linker and Libraries Release Notes (September 2007)
This document discusses the most recent product information on HP-UX Linker and Libraries
Version B.11.61 for HP 9000 systems and Version B.12.46 for Integrity systems that are running
HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3.
This document discusses the following topics:
• “New Features in This Release” (page 5)
• “Documentation Overview” (page 8)
— “Before You Begin” (page 8)
— “Accessing HP-UX Linker Online Help” (page 9)
— “Related Information” (page 9)
Announcement
HP-UX linker and dynamic loader provide linking and loading functionalities supported in Unix
(SVR4 (System V Release 4) standards). The linker toolset uses the ELF (Executable and Linking
File format) object file format on Integrity systems and PA64 systems, and the SOM (System
Object Module) file format on PA32 systems.
New Features in This Release
This section describes new features introduced in this release of HP-UX Linker and Libraries.
The new features are changes made since PHSS_35979 (March 2007) patch. This section addresses
the following topics:
• “New Linker Features for Integrity Systems and PA64 Systems” (page 5)
— “New +[no]concatrpath Linker Option to Concatenate Search Paths Specified by Multiple
+b path_list Linker Options” (page 6)
— “chatr/dld Support for Memory Leak Checking” (page 6)
— “New -nbucket Linker Option to Optimize Hash Table Size” (page 6)
— “Link Time Support for Ordering Initializers Based on Compile Time Defined Priority
” (page 7)
— “Improved Fastbind Support to Validate Fastbind Data on a Per-Library Basis” (page 7)
— “Improved Linker Error Messages to Distinguish Between Missing and Mismatched
Libraries” (page 7)
— “New -emit_relocs Linker Option to Preserve Compiler Generated Relocation Sections
in the Output Binary” (page 7)
— “Support to Ignore Strip Options During Implicit Profile Linking” (page 7)
— “Improved Diagnostics for Shared Library Mapping Errors” (page 7)
— “Link-time Checking Support for Unaligned Data Access Errors” (page 8)
• “New Linker Features for PA32 Systems” (page 8)
— “New RTLD_VERBOSE Flag for the dlopen Routine” (page 8)
— “chatr/dld Support for Memory Leak Checking” (page 8)
New Linker Features for Integrity Systems and PA64 Systems
Following are the new features in this release of HP-UX Linker and Libraries for Integrity Systems,
PA64 Systems, or both:
Announcement 5