ld/

200x-xx-xx  Richard Sandiford  <richard@codesourcery.com>
	    Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>

	* NEWS: Mention -l:foo.
	* ld.texinfo: Document it.
	* ldlang.c (new_afile): If a lang_input_file_is_l_enum
	entry as a name beginning with a coloh, convert it to a
	lang_input_file_is_search_file_enum entry without the colon.

ld/testsuite/
	* ld-libs/lib-1.s, ld-libs/lib-2.s, ld-libs/lib-2.d,
	* ld-libs/libs.exp: New files.

ld/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2007-03-29  Richard Sandiford  <richard@codesourcery.com>
+	    Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention -l:foo.
+	* ld.texinfo: Document it.
+	* ldlang.c (new_afile): If a lang_input_file_is_l_enum
+	entry as a name beginning with a coloh, convert it to a
+	lang_input_file_is_search_file_enum entry without the colon.
+
 2007-03-28  Richard Sandiford  <richard@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* ld.h (ld_config_type): Add rpath_separator.

ld/NEWS

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
+* -l:foo now searches the library path for a filename called foo,
+  without converting it to libfoo.a or libfoo.so.
+
 * Add a new command line option '--default-script=FILE' or '-dT FILE'
   which specifies a replacement for the built in, default linker
   script.

ld/ld.texinfo

@@ -614,21 +614,24 @@ of the function.  By default, the linker uses @code{_init} as the
 function to call.
 
 @cindex archive files, from cmd line
-@kindex -l@var{archive}
-@kindex --library=@var{archive}
-@item -l@var{archive}
-@itemx --library=@var{archive}
-Add archive file @var{archive} to the list of files to link.  This
-option may be used any number of times.  @command{ld} will search its
-path-list for occurrences of @code{lib@var{archive}.a} for every
-@var{archive} specified.
+@kindex -l@var{namespec}
+@kindex --library=@var{namespec}
+@item -l@var{namespec}
+@itemx --library=@var{namespec}
+Add the archive or object file specified by @var{namespec} to the
+list of files to link.  This option may be used any number of times.
+If @var{namespec} is of the form @file{:@var{filename}}, @command{ld}
+will search the library path for a file called @var{filename}, otherise it
+will search the library path for a file called @file{lib@var{namespec}.a}.
 
 On systems which support shared libraries, @command{ld} may also search for
-libraries with extensions other than @code{.a}.  Specifically, on ELF
-and SunOS systems, @command{ld} will search a directory for a library with
-an extension of @code{.so} before searching for one with an extension of
-@code{.a}.  By convention, a @code{.so} extension indicates a shared
-library.
+files other than @file{lib@var{namespec}.a}.  Specifically, on ELF
+and SunOS systems, @command{ld} will search a directory for a library
+called @file{lib@var{namespec}.so} before searching for one called
+@file{lib@var{namespec}.a}.  (By convention, a @code{.so} extension
+indicates a shared library.)  Note that this behavior does not apply
+to @file{:@var{filename}}, which always specifies a file called
+@var{filename}.
 
 The linker will search an archive only once, at the location where it is
 specified on the command line.  If the archive defines a symbol which

ld/ldlang.c

@@ -913,6 +913,14 @@ new_afile (const char *name,
   lang_has_input_file = TRUE;
   p->target = target;
   p->sysrooted = FALSE;
+
+  if (file_type == lang_input_file_is_l_enum
+      && name[0] == ':' && name[1] != '\0')
+    {
+      file_type = lang_input_file_is_search_file_enum;
+      name = name + 1;
+    }
+
   switch (file_type)
     {
     case lang_input_file_is_symbols_only_enum:

ld/testsuite/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-03-29  Richard Sandiford  <richard@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* ld-libs/lib-1.s, ld-libs/lib-2.s, ld-libs/lib-2.d,
+	* ld-libs/libs.exp: New files.
+
 2007-03-28  Richard Sandiford  <richard@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* ld-vxworks/rpath-1.s, ld-vxworks/rpath-1.d,

ld/testsuite/ld-libs/lib-1.s

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+	.globl	foo
+	.set	foo,0x2000

ld/testsuite/ld-libs/lib-2.d

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#...
+0+1000 A bar
+0+2000 A foo
+#pass

ld/testsuite/ld-libs/lib-2.s

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+	.globl	bar
+	.set	bar,0x1000

ld/testsuite/ld-libs/libs.exp

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+file mkdir tmpdir/libtmp
+
+# Check that -l: works.  The first "test" just creates an object file
+# for the second one.
+run_ld_link_tests {
+    {"-l: test (preparation)" "-r" "" {lib-1.s} {} "libtmp/anobject"}
+    {"-l: test" "-r -Ltmpdir/libtmp -l:anobject" "" {lib-2.s}
+     {{nm -C lib-2.d}} "lib-2"}
+}