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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2023-11-14 10:57:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2023-11-14 10:57:58 +0000 |
| commit | fab62191f84583780c2c6d024d0e583400881770 (patch) | |
| tree | 8d3f4bec0f333cfab0808a08f8e435cdc2bc9171 /binutils/NEWS | |
| parent | 319b460545dc79280e2904dcc280057cf71fb753 (diff) | |
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Improve objdump's handling of compressed sections.
PR 31062
* objdump.c (decompressed_dumps): New local variable. (usage): Mention the -z/--decompress option. (long_options): Add --decompress. (dump_section_header): Add "COMPRESSED" to the Flags field of any compressed section. (dump_section): Warn users when dumping a compressed section. (display_any_bfd): Decompress the section if decompressed_dumps is true. (main): Handle the -z/--decompress option.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
* testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.s: Update expected output.
* testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.exp: Add test of -Z -s.
* testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.Zs: New file.
* readelf.c (maybe_expand_or_relocate_section): New function. Contains common code found in dump functions. Adds a note message if a compressed section is not being decompressed. (dump_section_as_strings): Use new function. (dump_section_as_bytes): Likewise.
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diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS index 1aae340..3bf3b56 100644 --- a/binutils/NEWS +++ b/binutils/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ -*- text -*- +* The objdump program has a new command line option -Z/--decompress which + changes the behaviour of the -s/--full-contents option, forcing it to + decompress the contents of any compressed section before they are displayed. + + In addition when objdump is displaying sections headers (via the -h/--headers + command line option) it will now display "COMPRESSED" in the Flags field of + any compressed section. + * The readelf program has a new command line option --extra-sym-info which extends the information displayed by the --symbols option. When enabled the display will include the name of the section referenced by a symbol's |