1 BFD is an object file library. It permits applications to use the
2 same routines to process object files regardless of their format.
4 BFD is used by the GNU debugger, assembler, linker, and the binary
7 The documentation on using BFD is scanty and may be occasionally
8 incorrect. Pointers to documentation problems, or an entirely
9 rewritten manual, would be appreciated.
11 There is some BFD internals documentation in doc/bfdint.texi which may
12 help programmers who want to modify BFD.
14 BFD is normally built as part of another package. See the build
15 instructions for that package, probably in a README file in the
16 appropriate directory.
18 BFD supports the following configure options:
21 The default target for which to build the library. TARGET is
22 a configuration target triplet, such as sparc-sun-solaris.
23 --enable-targets=TARGET,TARGET,TARGET...
24 Additional targets the library should support. To include
25 support for all known targets, use --enable-targets=all.
27 Include support for 64 bit targets. This is automatically
28 turned on if you explicitly request a 64 bit target, but not
29 for --enable-targets=all. This requires a compiler with a 64
30 bit integer type, such as gcc.
32 Build BFD as a shared library.
34 Use mmap when accessing files. This is faster on some hosts,
35 but slower on others. It may not work on all hosts.
37 Report bugs in BFD to https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/
39 Patches are encouraged. When sending patches, always send the output
40 of diff -u or diff -c from the original file to the new file. Do not
41 send default diff output. Do not make the diff from the new file to
42 the original file. Remember that any patch must not break other
43 systems. Remember that BFD must support cross compilation from any
44 host to any target, so patches which use ``#ifdef HOST'' are not
45 acceptable. Please also read the ``Reporting Bugs'' section of the
48 Bug reports without patches will be remembered, but they may never get
49 fixed until somebody volunteers to fix them.
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