* objcopy.c (redefine_list_append): Add an argument that

indicates the context from which this function is being
called.  Change all callers.
(copy_options): Add a new option, --redefine-syms.
(copy_usage): Document new option.
(copy_main): Handle the --redefine-syms option.
* doc/binutils.text (objcopy): Document new option.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index f5f06e3..9c12f78 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
         [@option{--change-leading-char} ] [@option{--remove-leading-char}]
         [@option{--srec-len=}@var{ival} ] [@option{--srec-forceS3}]
         [@option{--redefine-sym} @var{old}=@var{new} ]
+        [@option{--redefine-syms=}@var{filename} ]
         [@option{--weaken}]
         [@option{--keep-symbols=}@var{filename}]
         [@option{--strip-symbols=}@var{filename}]
@@ -1284,6 +1285,12 @@ Change the name of a symbol @var{old}, to @var{new}.  This can be useful
 when one is trying link two things together for which you have no
 source, and there are name collisions.
 
+@item --redefine-syms=@var{filename}
+Apply @option{--redefine-sym} to each symbol pair "@var{old} @var{new}"
+listed in the file @var{filename}.  @var{filename} is simply a flat file,
+with one symbol pair per line.  Line comments may be introduced by the hash
+character.  This option may be given more than once.
+
 @item --weaken
 Change all global symbols in the file to be weak.  This can be useful
 when building an object which will be linked against other objects using