HP-UX Linker and Libraries August 2006 Release Notes Version B.11.55 (for PA32 and PA64 Systems) Version B.12.40 (for Integrity Systems) Edition 1 HP-UX 11iv1 and HP-UX 11iv2 Manufacturing Part Number: B2355-91016 August 2006 United States © Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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1 HP-UX Linker and Libraries August 2006 Release Notes The information in this document applies to the release of HP-UX Linker and Libraries, version B.11.55 and version B.12.40, for HP-UX 11iv1 and HP-UX 11iv2 operating systems.
HP-UX Linker and Libraries August 2006 Release Notes Announcement Announcement HP-UX linker and dynamic loader provide linking and loading behaviors found widely across the Unix industry (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.
HP-UX Linker and Libraries August 2006 Release Notes New Features in This Release New Features in This Release This section describes new features introduced in this release of HP-UX Linker and Libraries.
HP-UX Linker and Libraries August 2006 Release Notes New Features in This Release For example, ld +Oprocelim +noprocelim_sym xproc +noprocelim_sym xdata x.o -lc This link command enables procedure elimination optimization while linking an executable, and it identifies two symbols that should not be eliminated: xproc and xdata. New -w Option to Turn Off Linker Warnings This version of linker provides the option to turn off linker warnings.
HP-UX Linker and Libraries August 2006 Release Notes Documentation Overview Documentation Overview This section discusses the following topics: • “Before You Begin” on page 7 • “Accessing HP-UX Linker Online Help” on page 7 • “Related Documentation” on page 8 Before You Begin Before you begin to use the HP-UX Linker Online Help, complete the following steps: 1. Set the DISPLAY environment variable to graphic mode to open an HTML browser. 2.
HP-UX Linker and Libraries August 2006 Release Notes Documentation Overview Related Documentation The following documentation is available on the HP-UX 11i v2 Instant Information CD and also at: http://docs.hp.com • Parallel Programming Guide for HP-UX Systems Describes efficient methods for shared-memory programming using the following HP-UX compilers: HP Fortran, HP aC++ (ANSI C++), and HP C.
