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1* gold and dwp now support zstd compressed debug sections.
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3* The new option --compress-debug-sections=zstd compresses debug sections with
4  zstd.
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6* Remove support for -z bndplt (MPX prefix instructions).
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8Changes in 1.16:
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10* Improve warning messages for relocations that refer to discarded sections.
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12* Add --debug=plugin option for easier debugging of plugin-related problems.
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14* Add -z keep_text_section_prefix option.
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16* Add support for R_AARCH64_TLSLE_LDST8_TPREL_LO12, etc., relocations
17  (Aarch64 only).
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19* Update configuration to enable plugins and threads automatically.
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21* Add support for .note.gnu.property sections (from Linux ABI extensions).
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23* Add support for Intel Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) and Shadow Stack
24  (x86-64 only).
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26Changes in 1.15:
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28* Add support for .MIPS.options sections (MIPS only).
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30* Add support for compound relocations (MIPS only).
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32* Add --emit-stub-syms, --no-tls-optimize, --tls-get-addr-optimize options
33  (PowerPC only).
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35* Add -z text-unlikely-segment option.
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37* Add plugin support for adding new input files (LDPT_REGISTER_NEW_INPUT_HOOK).
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39Changes in 1.14:
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41* Add -z bndplt option (x86-64 only) to support Intel MPX.
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43* Add --orphan-handling option.
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45* Add --stub-group-multi option (PowerPC only).
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47* Add --target1-rel, --target1-abs, --target2 options (Arm only).
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49* Add -z stack-size option.
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51* Add --be8 option (Arm only).
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53* Add HIDDEN support in linker scripts.
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55* Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY support in linker scripts.
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57Changes in 1.12:
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59* Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether -z relro should
60  be enabled by default.  Default to yes.
61
62* Add support for s390, MIPS, AArch64, and TILE-Gx architectures.
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64* Add support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols.
65
66* Add support for incremental linking (--incremental).
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68Changes in 1.11:
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72Changes in 1.10:
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76Changes in 1.9:
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80Changes in 1.8:
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84Changes in 1.7:
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88Changes in 1.6:
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92Changes in 1.5:
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96Changes in 1.4:
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100Changes in 1.3:
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102* gold added to GNU binutils.
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