Revert ld ASCII support

[thirdparty/binutils-gdb.git] / ld / NEWS

diff --git a/ld/NEWS b/ld/NEWS
index 514d1d9f20763a8f784ee2293f4e9cc0265dedc4..4ce7e19d40b9222dce7cb7bd9db6b2437b54c271 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/NEWS
+++ b/ld/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+* The linker script syntax has a new command for output sections: ASCIZ "string"
+  This will insert a zero-terminated string at the current location.
+
+Changes in 2.40:
+
+* The linker has a new command line option to suppress the generation of any
+  warning or error messages.  This can be useful when there is a need to create
+  a known non-working binary.  The option is -w or --no-warnings.
+
+* ld now supports zstd compressed debug sections.  The new option
+  --compress-debug-sections=zstd compresses debug sections with zstd.
+
+* Add --enable-default-compressed-debug-sections-algorithm={zlib,zstd}
+  that selects the default compression algorithm
+  for --enable-compressed-debug-sections.
+
+* Remove support for -z bndplt (MPX prefix instructions).
+
+Changes in 2.39:
+
 * The ELF linker will now generate a warning message if the stack is made
   executable.  By default this warning is not issued if the user has
   specifically requested an executable stack via the "-z execstack"
@@ -25,10 +45,10 @@
   --enable-warn-rwx-segments=no
      will make --no-warn-rwx-segments enabled by default.
      
-  --enable-defaul-execstack=no
+  --enable-default-execstack=no
      will stop the creation of an executable stack simply because an input file
      is missing a .note.GNU-stack section, even on architectures where this
-     ehaviour is the default.
+     behaviour is the default.
 
 * TYPE=<type> is now supported in an output section description to set the
   section type value.
@@ -36,6 +56,12 @@
 * Remove (rudimentary) support for the x86-64 sub-architectures Intel L1OM and
   Intel K1OM.
 
+* The ELF linker now supports a new --package-metadata option that allows
+  embedding a JSON payload in accordance to the Package Metadata specification.
+  If support for libjansson is enabled at build time, the linker will use it to
+  validate the input. This can be enabled with --enable-jansson.
+  For more details, see: https://systemd.io/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA/
+
 Changes in 2.38:
 
 * Add -z pack-relative-relocs/-z no pack-relative-relocs to x86 ELF
@@ -923,7 +949,7 @@ Changes in version 2.1:
   other utilities should work on Risc/Ultrix and Irix.
 
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+Copyright (C) 2012-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
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