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2026-09-23

Author

Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>

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8877eb56303342e3ae7df2c654fd1903927bf6b6

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project: binutils
subsystem: binutils/ld
patch_id: —
commit_hash: 8877eb56303342e3ae7df2c654fd1903927bf6b6
source_type: public_inbox
headline: Remove TRUNCATE support from MRI linker scripts
tldr: Removes undocumented and unimplemented TRUNCATE support from MRI linker scripts.
author: Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • linker
• scripting
• cleanup
discussion_id_link: public_inbox:binutils#34670
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils-cvs/20260923232529.9A7414BB3BCC@sourceware.org
date: 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Support for the TRUNCATE command in MRI linker scripts has been removed. This feature was undocumented and unimplemented since its appearance in 1993. Its removal cleans up the linker’s grammar and parsing logic.