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authorAndrew Stubbs <ams@codesourcery.com>2014-12-23 20:28:16 +0000
committerAndrew Stubbs <ams@codesourcery.com>2014-12-23 20:28:16 +0000
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parent1994afbf19892c9e614a034fbf1a5233e9addce3 (diff)
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Clarify strip docs.
binutils/ * objcopy.c (strip_usage): Reword --remove-section description. * doc/binutils.texi (strip): Likewise.
-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--binutils/doc/binutils.texi3
-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c2
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 3575d4a..b2bb3f1 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-12-23 Andrew Stubbs <ams@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * objcopy.c (strip_usage): Reword --remove-section description.
+ * doc/binutils.texi (strip): Likewise.
+
2014-12-23 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Reformat to avoid overlong lines.
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 5842a91..1ac71fe 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -2891,7 +2891,8 @@ Replace @var{objfile} with a file in the output format @var{bfdname}.
@item -R @var{sectionname}
@itemx --remove-section=@var{sectionname}
-Remove any section named @var{sectionname} from the output file. This
+Remove any section named @var{sectionname} from the output file, in
+addition to whatever sections would otherwise be removed. This
option may be given more than once. Note that using this option
inappropriately may make the output file unusable. The wildcard
character @samp{*} may be given at the end of @var{sectionname}. If
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 07794cb..2e1cb54 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ strip_usage (FILE *stream, int exit_status)
-U --disable-deterministic-archives\n\
Disable -D behavior (default)\n"));
fprintf (stream, _("\
- -R --remove-section=<name> Remove section <name> from the output\n\
+ -R --remove-section=<name> Also remove section <name> from the output\n\
-s --strip-all Remove all symbol and relocation information\n\
-g -S -d --strip-debug Remove all debugging symbols & sections\n\
--strip-dwo Remove all DWO sections\n\