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The GNU binary utilities. A collection of tools for operating on object files. Most notably they include the GNU assembler and linker. They are typically used in conjunction with the GNU compiler collection (GCC).

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Error building ELLCC

Running the build script from ELLCC results in this error gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../../src/binutils/binutils -I. -I../../../src/binutils/binutils -I../bfd -I../../../src/binutils/binutils/../bfd -I../../../src/binutils/binutils/../include…
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Binutils ld linker how to configure emulation mode (no supported emulations after build with mingw)

After successfully building binutils/ld with mingw and trying to run it I am getting this message- $ ld-new h:/binutils-2.23.1/ld/.libs/ld-new.exe: unrecognised emulation mode: Supported emulations: I've looked through the internals documentation…
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Building gold linker with MinGW on Windows, FLEX/bison 'YYSTYPE' was not declared in this scope

I'm trying to build the gold linker included with GNU binutils using mingw. The steps I have taken- Install mingw with all packages using the installer. Install the windows version of FLEX to the default location using the windows installer. Run…
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Tutorial on building whole toolchain on CentOS

I am working on CentOS 6 machines, which has very old GCC/GlibC version. I want to build the whole glibc, binutils, gcc toolchain with latest or at least very recent versions in order to use c++11 support in latest gcc, and ld.gold in recent…
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cross compiling, why "checking whether we are cross compiling... no"?

I'm trying to compile cross-platform tools-chain by myself. When I compiled binutils-2.22, it success but why appear "checking whether we are cross compiling... no"? I suppose it should be "yes", right? My host is i686 running ubuntu, and my target…
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MIPS, ELF and partial linking

I have a big software project with a complicated build process, which works like this: Compile individual source files. Partially link object files for each module together into another .o using ld -r. Hide private symbols in each module using…
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Is '.set noat' unsupported for MIPS assembly?

Currently, I'm learning GNU as, and find a lot useful information in "info as". I found ".set noat" is used in MIPS specified code, but when searching for this directive in "info as", I found its explanation in node "alpha directive", but not in…
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Error while building binutils 2.21.1a on Solaris

I'm trying to build binutils 2.21.1a from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils on Solaris sun4u sparc SunOS 5.10. I am using gcc version 4.0.2. When I built this is the error: cc1: warnings being treated as errors compress.c: In function…
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How can I remove linked library from executable file

All. Someone created an executable file. # ldd test_bin libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x4082d000) libA.so.0 => /usr/lib/libA.so.0 (0x408fe000) libB.so.0 => /usr/lib/libB.so.0 (0x4093e000) libgobject-2.0.so.0 =>…
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What is the difference between read-only and read only data section?

Recently, I have dived into GCC Binutils nm documentation. I read the description of the symbols' classification and don't understand the differences between n and R (or r) symbols. As the manual says: for n The symbol is in the read-only data…
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Linux ELF files: Which byte will differ for static and dynamic ELF programs?

I'm working with linux elf files. I want to detect, if the given elf program is statically linked (full static link, ldd says "not a dynamic executable") or dynamically linked. The ELF is for embedded Linux, so I can't just run it or use ldd…
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Adding to the *end* of the gnu ld library search paths

I know how to add to GNU ld's library search path using the -Ldir option and use it extensively. But as far as I can tell from reading the manuals of gcc and ld, there is no way to add to the end of the list of library search paths. The -L option…
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Hide symbols from a 3rd party .a file that is linked into a .so file

I am building a shared (.so) library that is composed of several .a files and a thin API layer that invokes them. I only want my API and external dependencies to be visible, so I build my code using the "hidden" visibility offered by GCC…
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Failure building cross-compiling 64-bit GCC

I'm trying to get a working gcc cross-compiler created that lives on my local machine [Darwin new-host-2.home 10.7.4 Darwin Kernel Version 10.7.4: Mon Apr 18 21:24:17 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.14.12~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64] and targets a FreeBSD 8.2…
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Is DWARF5 supported or experimental in GCC 8?

I asked this question on the gcc-help mailing list, but received no reply, so I'm trying here instead: The GCC 7 release notes state that "Version 5 of the DWARF debugging information standard is supported":…
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