[m-rev.] diff: document --link-executable-command

[Julien Fischer]

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Document how to override the default settings for invoking the linker.
This can occasionally necessary when linking against some C++ code.

compiler/options.m
doc/user_guide.texi:
 	Document the `--link-executable-command' and
 	`--link-shared-lib-command' options.

Julien.

Index: compiler/options.m
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/mercury/mercury1/repository/mercury/compiler/options.m,v
retrieving revision 1.549
diff -u -r1.549 options.m
--- compiler/options.m	22 Feb 2007 07:07:02 -0000	1.549
+++ compiler/options.m	26 Feb 2007 06:44:42 -0000
@@ -4628,13 +4628,20 @@
          "\t(This may be necessary if the C files contain",
          "\thand-coded C code with `INIT' comments, rather than",
          "\tcontaining only C code that was automatically generated",
-        "\tby the Mercury compiler.)"
+        "\tby the Mercury compiler.)",
+ 
+        "--link-executable-command <command>",
+        "\tSpecify the command used to invoke the linker when linking",
+        "\tan executable.",
+        "--link-shared-lib-command <command>",
+        "\tSpecify the command used to invoke the linker when linking",
+        "\ta shared library."

          % The --shared-library-extension,
          % --library-extension, --executable-file-extension
          % --create-archive-command, --create-archive-command-flags
          % --create-archive-command-output-flag, --ranlib-command,
-        % --ranlib-flags, --link-executable-command, --link-shared-lib-command,
+        % --ranlib-flags,
          % --mkinit-command, --demangle-command, --trace-libs,
          % --thread-libs, --shared-libs, --math-lib, --readline-libs,
          % --linker-opt-separator,
Index: doc/user_guide.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/mercury/mercury1/repository/mercury/doc/user_guide.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.511
diff -u -r1.511 user_guide.texi
--- doc/user_guide.texi	22 Feb 2007 07:07:02 -0000	1.511
+++ doc/user_guide.texi	26 Feb 2007 06:48:54 -0000
@@ -8803,6 +8803,16 @@
  containing only C code that was automatically generated
  by the Mercury compiler.)

+ at sp 1
+ at item --link-executable-command @var{command}
+ at findex --link-executable-command
+Specify the command used to invoke the linker when linking an executable.
+
+ at sp 1
+ at item --link-shared-lib-command @var{command}
+ at findex --link-shared-lib-command
+Specify the command used to invoke the linker when linking a shared library.
+
  @end table

  @c ----------------------------------------------------------------------------



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