From: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:42:14 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: ld.texinfo: Clarify that sysroot affects "=" expansion.
X-Git-Tag: gdb-7.9-branchpoint~844
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b3b9c41dc6ac302f5880b3e84b8974488c5bc120;p=thirdparty%2Fbinutils-gdb.git

ld.texinfo: Clarify that sysroot affects "=" expansion.

	* ld.texinfo (Options): When mentioning "=" and sysroot, mention
	that --sysroot controls it, not only through the configuration.
---

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index e02b109c464..7c2cf0487d6 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-10-15  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
+
+	* ld.texinfo (Options): When mentioning "=" and sysroot, mention
+	that --sysroot controls it, not only through the configuration.
+
 2014-10-14  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
 
 	* NEWS: Add marker for 2.25.
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index e71be5ebf1a..58150f9ef64 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -706,7 +706,8 @@ how @command{ld} searches for a linker script unless @option{-T}
 option is specified.
 
 If @var{searchdir} begins with @code{=}, then the @code{=} will be replaced
-by the @dfn{sysroot prefix}, a path specified when the linker is configured.
+by the @dfn{sysroot prefix}, controlled by the @samp{--sysroot} option, or
+specified when the linker is configured.
 
 @ifset UsesEnvVars
 The default set of paths searched (without being specified with