Re: "ld --verbose" omits SECTIONS-to-PHDRS mapping

[Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>]

Hi John,

> "ld --verbose" should display the linker script being used.

It does.


> However, the output omits the PHDRS paragraph and the mapping from
> SECTIONS to PHDRS.

Not according to the tests that I ran.  Can you provide an example that 
demonstrates the problem ?  Plus - which version of the linker are you 
using ?  If it is not one built from the current head of the mainline 
sources then this might be the source of your problem.


> Also, the output of "ld --verbose" is not even a valid script.

Nor should it be.  The output of --verbose is more than just a linker 
script.  It is also version information, a list of the supported 
emulations and, if you are performing an actual link, a lot of output 
describing what the linker is doing.


> The header and trailer lines (marked with a long string of
> equal signs "====================") should be enclosed in comment
> delimiters "/* ... */".

No they shouldn't.  If you really want to just see the linker script and 
nothing else then run the output through a filter.  Eg:

 ld --verbose | gawk -- "/===/ { show = 1 - show } ; /*/ { if (show) 
print }"


> Who can help me fix this?

Well I can, but so can you.  Anyone is free to work on the binutils 
sources, and everyone who does so is encouraged to submit their work 
back to the project so that other people can benefit as well.


Cheers
  Nick