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authorJan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>2005-11-15 08:33:38 +0000
committerJan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>2005-11-15 08:33:38 +0000
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2005-11-15 Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> * objcopy.c (keep_file_symbols): New. (enum command_line_switch): Add OPTION_KEEP_FILE_SYMBOLS. (strip_options): Add --keep-file-symbols. (copy_options): Likewise. (copy_usage): Likewise. (strip_usage): Likewise. (filter_symbols): Act upon keep_file_symbols. (strip_main): Handle OPTION_KEEP_FILE_SYMBOLS. (copy_main): Likewise. * doc/binutils.texi: Document --keep-file-symbols for objcopy and strip.
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diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index f01919a..ee5114c 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
[@option{--prefix-sections=}@var{string}]
[@option{--prefix-alloc-sections=}@var{string}]
[@option{--add-gnu-debuglink=}@var{path-to-file}]
+ [@option{--keep-file-symbols}]
[@option{--only-keep-debug}]
[@option{--writable-text}]
[@option{--readonly-text}]
@@ -1428,6 +1429,11 @@ Prefix all the names of all allocated sections in the output file with
Creates a .gnu_debuglink section which contains a reference to @var{path-to-file}
and adds it to the output file.
+@item --keep-file-symbols
+When stripping a file, perhaps with @option{--strip-debug} or
+@option{--strip-unneeded}, retain any symbols specifying source file names,
+which would otherwise get stripped.
+
@item --only-keep-debug
Strip a file, removing contents of any sections that would not be
stripped by @option{--strip-debug} and leaving the debugging sections
@@ -2223,6 +2229,7 @@ strip [@option{-F} @var{bfdname} |@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
[@option{-x}|@option{--discard-all}] [@option{-X} |@option{--discard-locals}]
[@option{-R} @var{sectionname} |@option{--remove-section=}@var{sectionname}]
[@option{-o} @var{file}] [@option{-p}|@option{--preserve-dates}]
+ [@option{--keep-file-symbols}]
[@option{--only-keep-debug}]
[@option{-v} |@option{--verbose}] [@option{-V}|@option{--version}]
[@option{--help}] [@option{--info}]
@@ -2331,6 +2338,11 @@ Remove non-global symbols.
Remove compiler-generated local symbols.
(These usually start with @samp{L} or @samp{.}.)
+@item --keep-file-symbols
+When stripping a file, perhaps with @option{--strip-debug} or
+@option{--strip-unneeded}, retain any symbols specifying source file names,
+which would otherwise get stripped.
+
@item --only-keep-debug
Strip a file, removing any sections that would be stripped by
@option{--strip-debug} and leaving the debugging sections.