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- BFD is an object file library. It permits applications to use the
- same routines to process object files regardless of their format.
- BFD is used by the GNU debugger, assembler, linker, and the binary
- utilities.
- The documentation on using BFD is scanty and may be occasionally
- incorrect. Pointers to documentation problems, or an entirely
- rewritten manual, would be appreciated.
- There is some BFD internals documentation in doc/bfdint.texi which may
- help programmers who want to modify BFD.
- BFD is normally built as part of another package. See the build
- instructions for that package, probably in a README file in the
- appropriate directory.
- BFD supports the following configure options:
- --target=TARGET
- The default target for which to build the library. TARGET is
- a configuration target triplet, such as sparc-sun-solaris.
- --enable-targets=TARGET,TARGET,TARGET...
- Additional targets the library should support. To include
- support for all known targets, use --enable-targets=all.
- --enable-64-bit-bfd
- Include support for 64 bit targets. This is automatically
- turned on if you explicitly request a 64 bit target, but not
- for --enable-targets=all. This requires a compiler with a 64
- bit integer type, such as gcc.
- --enable-shared
- Build BFD as a shared library.
- --with-mmap
- Use mmap when accessing files. This is faster on some hosts,
- but slower on others. It may not work on all hosts.
- Report bugs in BFD to https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/
- Patches are encouraged. When sending patches, always send the output
- of diff -u or diff -c from the original file to the new file. Do not
- send default diff output. Do not make the diff from the new file to
- the original file. Remember that any patch must not break other
- systems. Remember that BFD must support cross compilation from any
- host to any target, so patches which use ``#ifdef HOST'' are not
- acceptable. Please also read the ``Reporting Bugs'' section of the
- gcc manual.
- Bug reports without patches will be remembered, but they may never get
- fixed until somebody volunteers to fix them.
- Copyright (C) 2012-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
- are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
- notice and this notice are preserved.
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