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authorJan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>2004-12-16 13:16:33 +0000
committerJan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>2004-12-16 13:16:33 +0000
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2004-12-15 Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> * doc/binutils.texi: Document --strip-unneeded-symbol and --strip-unneeded-symbols. * objcopy.c (strip_unneeded_list): New. (enum command_line_switch): Add OPTION_STRIP_UNNEEDED_SYMBOL and OPTION_STRIP_UNNEEDED_SYMBOLS. (copy_options): Add --strip-unneeded-symbol and --strip-unneeded-symbols. (copy_usage): Likewise. (filter_symbols): Suppress copying of symbol if in strip_unneeded_list and the symbol is not needed. (copy_main): Handle OPTION_STRIP_UNNEEDED_SYMBOL and OPTION_STRIP_UNNEEDED_SYMBOLS.
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-*- text -*-
+* objcopy recognizes two new options --strip-unneeded-symbol and
+ --strip-unneeded-symbols, namely for use together with the wildcard
+ matching the original --strip-symbol/--strip-symbols provided, but
+ retaining any symbols matching but needed by relocations.
+
* readelf can now display address ranges from .debug_range sections. This
happens automatically when a DW_AT_range attribute is encountered. The
command line switch --debug-dump=Ranges (or -wR) can also be used to display
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