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binutils/ChangeLog
	* NEWS: Mention new powerpc ld support.

Index: binutils/NEWS
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/binutils/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -u -p -r1.52 NEWS
--- binutils/NEWS	23 May 2005 17:45:42 -0000	1.52
+++ binutils/NEWS	6 Jun 2005 06:31:28 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+* powerpc-linux ld now supports a variant form of PLT and GOT for the security
+  conscious.  This form will automatically be chosen when ld detects that all
+  code in regular object files was generated by gcc -msecure-plt.  The old PLT
+  and GOT may be forced by a new ld option, --bss-plt.
+
 * Add "-i/--inlines" to addr2line to print enclosing scope information
   for inlined function chains, back to first non-inlined function.
 
@@ -13,7 +18,7 @@
 
 Changes in 2.16:
 
-* Add "-g/--section-groups" to readelf to display section group.
+* Add "-g/--section-groups" to readelf to display section groups.
 
 * objcopy recognizes two new options --strip-unneeded-symbol and
   --strip-unneeded-symbols, namely for use together with the wildcard

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre


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