HP-UX Linker and Libraries Release Notes (March, 2010)

HP-UX Linker and Libraries Release Notes (March 2010)
This document discusses the most recent product information on HP-UX Linker and Libraries
Version B.11.69 for HP 9000 systems and Version B.12.54 for Integrity systems that are running
HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3.
This document discusses the following topics:
• “New Features in This Release” (page 7)
• “Documentation Overview” (page 10)
— “Before You Begin” (page 10)
— “Accessing HP-UX Linker Online Help” (page 10)
— “Related Information” (page 10)
Announcement
HP-UX linker and dynamic loader provide linking and loading functionalities supported in Unix
(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.
New Features in This Release
This section describes new features introduced in this release of HP-UX Linker and Libraries.
The new features are changes made after the September 2008 patches. The changed patch
information is as mentioned below:
Table 1 Patch labels with corresponding Operating Systems
Operating SystemPatch label
HP-UX 11i v1PHSS_40549
HP-UX 11i v2PHSS_40537
HP-UX 11i v3PHSS_40538
This section addresses the following topics:
• “Improved Mechanism in Linker to Handle Object Files Greater than 2 GB” (page 7)
• “New Options and Usability Improvements in the pstack Tool” (page 7)
— “New Option to Print n Levels of Procedure Calls” (page 8)
— “New Argument to Trace the Calling Process” (page 8)
• “Improved Information Output from the footprints Tool” (page 9)
• “Support for Tracing 64–bit Executables in the ltrace Tool” (page 10)
Improved Mechanism in Linker to Handle Object Files Greater than 2 GB
With this release, the linker is enhanced to handle object files with size more than 2 GB.
This enhancement is available for ELF linkage on both Integrity and PA64 systems.
New Options and Usability Improvements in the pstack Tool
With this release, the pstack tool available on Integrity systems has the following new features:
• “New Option to Print n Levels of Procedure Calls” (page 8)
• “New Argument to Trace the Calling Process” (page 8)
Announcement 7