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Project / Subsystem

gcc / cobol

Date

2026-09-23

Author

Robert Dubner

Commit

7e186551440862f74208341f5f5d7b6ee320346e

Source

github

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: 7e186551440862f74208341f5f5d7b6ee320346e
source_type: github
headline: cobol: Update dynamic linking search paths and conventions
tldr: COBOL dynamic linking now respects CALL-CONVENTION and updates .so search policies.
author: Robert Dubner
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: true
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• dynamic linking
• ABI
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/7e186551440862f74208341f5f5d7b6ee320346e
date: 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

This commit refactors how GCC’s COBOL runtime searches for dynamically linked shared objects (.so files). It updates the search policies to better honor the >>CALL-CONVENTION clause and ensures consistency in locating functions. Documentation and runtime logic in libgcobol.cc have been modified accordingly.