Re: Creating executable with relocation information using Darwin linker

[Devang Patel <dpatel at apple dot com>]

On Mar 18, 2004, at 1:05 AM, Moshe Klausner wrote:

> I'm not sure I'm posting the my question to the right place. If not 
> please
> advice where to post.

darwin-development@lists.apple.com   is the right place.

> I was trying to maintain the relocation information when linking on 
> MAC OS
> X with Darwin linker (default ld?) using the -r option.
> However, the output file was not executable.
> I also tried the -execute but did not help.

Output file is a object file. Try 'file' command on it.

Here is what man 'ld' says,

       -r     Save the relocation information in the output file  so  
that  it
              can  be  the subject of another ld run.  The resulting 
file type
              is a Mach-O relocatable file (MH_OBJECT) if not otherwise 
speci-
              fied.   This  flag  also  prevents  final definitions 
from being
              given to common symbols, and suppresses the  `undefined  
symbol'
              diagnostics.

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Devang