Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files

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

diff --git a/ld/NEWS b/ld/NEWS
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--- a/ld/NEWS
+++ b/ld/NEWS
@@ -1,9 +1,62 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+* Add libdep plugin, for linking dependencies of static libraries that
+  were recorded by ar in the __.LIBDEP archive member.
+
+* Add --error-handling-script=<NAME> command line option to allow a helper
+  script to be invoked when an undefined symbol or a missing library is
+  encountered.  This option can be suppressed via the configure time
+  switch: --enable-error-handling-script=no.
+
+* Add -z lam-u48 to x86-64 ELF linker to generate LAM_U48 property.
+
+* Add -z lam-u57 to x86-64 ELF linker to enerate LAM_U57 property.
+
+* Add -z lam-u48-report=[none|warning|error] to report missing LAM_U48
+  property.
+
+* Add -z lam-u57-report=[none|warning|error] to report missing LAM_U57
+  property.
+
+* Add -z lam-report=[none|warning|error] to report missing LAM_U48 and
+  LAM_U57 properties.
+
+* Add -z x86-64-{baseline|v[234]} to the x86 ELF linker to mark
+  x86-64-{baseline|v[234]} ISA level as needed.
+
+* Add -z unique-symbol to avoid duplicated local symbol names.
+
+* The creation of PE format DLLs now defaults to using a more secure set of DLL
+  characteristics.
+
+* The linker now deduplicates the types in .ctf sections.  The new
+  command-line option --ctf-share-types describes how to do this:
+  its default value, share-unconflicted, produces the most compact
+  output.
+
+* The linker now omits the "variable section" from .ctf sections by
+  default, saving space.  This is almost certainly what you want
+  unless you are working on a project that has its own analogue
+  of symbol tables that are not reflected in the ELF symtabs.
+
+* Add support for the SHF_GNU_RETAIN ELF section flag.
+  This flag specifies that the section should not be garbage collected by the
+  linker.
+
+Changes in 2.35:
+
+* X86 NaCl target support is removed.
+
+* Add ELF linker command-line options, --export-dynamic-symbol and
+  --export-dynamic-symbol-list, to make symbols dynamic.
+
+* Add a configure option, --enable-textrel-check=[no|yes|warning|error],
+  to decide what ELF linker should do by default with DT_TEXTREL in an
+  executable or shared library.  Default to yes for Linux/x86 targets.
+
 * The -Map=<filename> command line option has been extended so that if
-  <filename> is omitted then a file called <output-filename>.map will be
-  created.  Plus if <filename> is a directory then
-  <filename>/<output-filename>.map will be created.
+  <filename> is a directory then <filename>/<output-filename>.map will be
+  created.
 
 * Add a command-line option for ELF linker, --warn-textrel, to warn that
   DT_TEXTREL is set in a position-independent executable or shared object.
@@ -19,6 +72,13 @@
   searched relative to the directory of the linker script before other search
   paths.
 
+* Add ELF linker command-line option `-z start-stop-visibility=...' to control
+  the visibility of synthetic `__start_SECNAME` and `__stop_SECNAME` symbols.
+
+* Add command-line option --dependency-file to write a Make-style dependency
+  file listing the input files consulted by the linker, like the files written
+  by the compiler's -M -MP options.
+
 Changes in 2.34:
 
 * The ld check for "PHDR segment not covered by LOAD segment" is more
@@ -800,7 +860,7 @@ Changes in version 2.1:
   other utilities should work on Risc/Ultrix and Irix.
 
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+Copyright (C) 2012-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
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