From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@zembu.com>
To: sby@ives.lkg.dec.com
Cc: binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Including rel* sections in an ELF64 executable
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:04:00 -0000
Message-id: <20000126230338.7368.qmail@daffy.airs.com>
References: <200001262255.RAA31829@ives.lkg.dec.com>
X-SW-Source: 2000-01/msg00168.html

   From: Bharadwaj Yadavalli <sby@ives.lkg.dec.com>
   Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:55:19 -0500 (EST)

   Does the linker use output rules other than those specified
   in the linker script? It was pointed out to me that the
   linker scripts simply direct the placement of the output
   sections. But what is it that triggers the discarding
   of local relocation information, in say a .o file, when 
   executing /usr/lib/ldscripts/elf64alpha.x and retention of
   the same when executing /usr/lib/ldscripts/elf64alpha.xr?

The linker uses the .xr linker script when the -r option is used.  The
-r option is what controls whether to retain relocation information.

Ian