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share/mk/bsd.README: refer to the linker, not the loader
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rGcba6bf5d954f: share/mk/bsd.README: refer to the linker, not the loader
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We're invoking the linker to create programs or libraries from one or
more object files not the loader to load them in to memory.

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brooks created this revision.Thu, May 22, 10:34 PM
Herald added subscribers: imp, bdrewery. · View Herald TranscriptThu, May 22, 10:34 PM
brooks requested review of this revision.Thu, May 22, 10:34 PM
brooks added a parent revision: D50480: share/mk: improve CFLAGS description.
Harbormaster completed remote builds in B64372: Diff 155900.Thu, May 22, 10:34 PM
brooks added a child revision: D50466: share/mk: pass SHARED_CFLAGS to PIC and PIE from assembly.Thu, May 22, 10:35 PM
emaste accepted this revision.Thu, May 22, 11:22 PM

Huh this came from 4.4 Lite and has been this way for decades.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Thu, May 22, 11:22 PM
jhb accepted this revision.Fri, May 23, 5:36 PM

I fully support this in my quest for linker == static linker, or link-editor and loader == run-time loader, or dynamic linker. Certainly linker can be overloaded for both, but I only ever see loader used for loading a binary into memory, not for generating a linked executable.

Closed by commit rGcba6bf5d954f: share/mk/bsd.README: refer to the linker, not the loader (authored by brooks). · Explain WhyFri, May 23, 11:49 PM
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