diff -rcp ../binutils-2.20.51.0.7.original/ld/ldmain.c ./ld/ldmain.c

*** ../binutils-2.20.51.0.7.original/ld/ldmain.c	2010-04-08 15:03:56.000000000 +0100

--- ./ld/ldmain.c	2010-04-08 15:05:09.000000000 +0100

*************** main (int argc, char **argv)

*** 258,271 ****

    command_line.check_section_addresses = -1;

    command_line.disable_target_specific_optimizations = -1;

-   if (getenv ("LD_SYMBOLIC") != NULL)

-     command_line.symbolic = symbolic;

-   else if (getenv ("LD_SYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS") != NULL)

-     command_line.symbolic = symbolic_functions;

- 

-   if (getenv ("LD_AS_NEEDED") != NULL)

-     add_DT_NEEDED_for_regular = TRUE;

- 

    /* We initialize DEMANGLING based on the environment variable

       COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE.  The gcc collect2 program will demangle the

       output of the linker, unless COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE is set in the

--- 258,263 ----

diff -rcp ../binutils-2.20.51.0.7.original/ld/ld.texinfo ./ld/ld.texinfo

*** ../binutils-2.20.51.0.7.original/ld/ld.texinfo	2010-04-08 15:03:55.000000000 +0100

--- ./ld/ld.texinfo	2010-04-08 15:05:55.000000000 +0100

*************** their names to the @option{--as-needed} 

*** 1152,1161 ****

  options.  They have been replaced by @option{--copy-dt-needed-entries}

  and @option{--no-copy-dt-needed-entries}.

- If the environment variable @code{LD_AS_NEEDED} is set, the linker

- will behave as if the @option{--as-needed} option is passed to the

- linker as the first command line option.

- 

  @kindex -assert @var{keyword}

  @item -assert @var{keyword}

  This option is ignored for SunOS compatibility.

--- 1152,1157 ----

*************** When creating a shared library, bind ref

*** 1206,1226 ****

  definition within the shared library, if any.  Normally, it is possible

  for a program linked against a shared library to override the definition

  within the shared library.  This option is only meaningful on ELF

! platforms which support shared libraries.  If @option{-Bsymbolic} is not

! used when linking a shared library, the linker will also turn on this

! option if the environment variable @code{LD_SYMBOLIC} is set.

  @kindex -Bsymbolic-functions

  @item -Bsymbolic-functions

  When creating a shared library, bind references to global function

  symbols to the definition within the shared library, if any.

  This option is only meaningful on ELF platforms which support shared

! libraries.  If @option{-Bsymbolic-functions} is not used when linking a

! shared library, the linker will also turn on this option if the

! environment variable @code{LD_SYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS} is set.  When

! both environment variables @code{LD_SYMBOLIC} and

! @code{LD_SYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS} are set, @code{LD_SYMBOLIC} will take

! precedent.

  @kindex --dynamic-list=@var{dynamic-list-file}

  @item --dynamic-list=@var{dynamic-list-file}

--- 1202,1215 ----

  definition within the shared library, if any.  Normally, it is possible

  for a program linked against a shared library to override the definition

  within the shared library.  This option is only meaningful on ELF

! platforms which support shared libraries.

  @kindex -Bsymbolic-functions

  @item -Bsymbolic-functions

  When creating a shared library, bind references to global function

  symbols to the definition within the shared library, if any.

  This option is only meaningful on ELF platforms which support shared

! libraries.

  @kindex --dynamic-list=@var{dynamic-list-file}

  @item --dynamic-list=@var{dynamic-list-file}

diff -rcp ../binutils-2.20.51.0.7.original/ld/NEWS ./ld/NEWS

*** ../binutils-2.20.51.0.7.original/ld/NEWS	2010-04-08 15:03:56.000000000 +0100

--- ./ld/NEWS	2010-04-08 15:04:14.000000000 +0100

*************** Changes in 2.20:

*** 73,83 ****

    For the switch --enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc it uses for 32-bit

    runtime pseudo relocation version one, for 64-bit the version two.

- * ELF: Support environment variable LD_AS_NEEDED for --as-needed.

- 

- * ELF: Support environment variables, LD_SYMBOLIC for -Bsymbolic and

-   LD_SYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS for -Bsymbolic-functions.

- 

  Changes in 2.19:

  * Linker scripts support a new INSERT command that makes it easier to

--- 73,78 ----