From 6024c9f499ce54e4b9bd71b56588fd0bf6f7be97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:08:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Release note blurb about ELF weak symbols.
Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com>
---
docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
index 6e651ca8eaab..1baf1a17ee85 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
@@ -460,11 +460,17 @@
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ On Linux, the static GHCi linker now supports weak symbols.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
<listitem>
<para>
- The GHCi linker now runs constructors for linked
- libraries. This means for example that C code
- using
+ The (static) GHCi linker now runs constructors for
+ linked libraries. This means for example that C
+ code using
<literal>__attribute__((constructor))</literal>
can now properly be loaded into GHCi.
</para>
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