svn commit: r341637 - stable/12

[Ed Maste]

Author: emaste
Date: Thu Dec  6 16:10:39 2018
New Revision: 341637
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/341637

Log:
  MFC r340986: UPDATING: add note for ld.bfd removal
  
  r340984 in HEAD, MFC in r341239

Modified:
  stable/12/UPDATING
Directory Properties:
  stable/12/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/12/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- stable/12/UPDATING	Thu Dec  6 15:28:09 2018	(r341636)
+++ stable/12/UPDATING	Thu Dec  6 16:10:39 2018	(r341637)
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ from older versions of FreeBSD, try WITHOUT_CLANG and 
 the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option. The bootstrap process
 from older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit fragile.
 
+20181129:
+	On amd64, arm64 and armv7 (architectures that install LLVM's ld.lld
+	linker as /usr/bin/ld) GNU ld is no longer installed as ld.bfd, as
+	it produces broken binaries when ifuncs are in use.  Users needing
+	GNU ld should install the binutils port or package.
+
 20181115:
 	The set of CTM commands (ctm, ctm_smail, ctm_rmail, ctm_dequeue)
 	has been converted to a port (misc/ctm) and will be removed from