a simple question about link

[nick clifton]

Hi horseriver,

> After installing ld , there is a folder named "ldscripts" under
> ld's home directory , which can be set by --prefix configure option .
> Under /usr/lib folder , there is also  a folder named  "ldscripts" .
>  what is the difference between them ?

/usr/lib/ldscripts belongs to the system linker (ie /bin/ld).

<prefix>/lib/ldscripts belongs to the linker that you installed into 
<prefix>, ie <prefix>/bin/ld.


> ld will use which ?

Neither. :-)  It will use the versions of these scripts that are built 
directly into the ld binary itself.  Try running strings on the ld 
executable to see this.

Cheers
   Nick