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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2007-09-17 11:14:22 +0000
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* doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Describe the output of the --syms option in more detail.
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diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 564efbc..25beb91 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-09-17 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Describe the output of the --syms
+ option in more detail.
+
2007-09-17 Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com>
PR binutils/4987
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index d3723dd..aec1c6d 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -2002,10 +2002,14 @@ looks like this:
Here the first number is the symbol's value (sometimes refered to as
its address). The next field is actually a set of characters and
spaces indicating the flag bits that are set on the symbol. These
-characters are described below. The next field is another number
-associated with the symbol, which for common symbols is the alignment
-and for other symbol is the size. Finally the symbol's name is
-displayed.
+characters are described below. Next is the section with which the
+symbol is associated or @emph{*ABS*} if the section is absolute (ie
+not connected with any section), or @emph{*UND*} if the section is
+referenced in the file being dumped, but not defined there.
+
+After the section name comes another field, a number, which for common
+symbols is the alignment and for other symbol is the size. Finally
+the symbol's name is displayed.
The flag characters are divided into 7 groups as follows:
@table @code
@@ -2040,7 +2044,7 @@ normal symbol (a space).
@item F
@item f
@item O
-The symbol is the name of a function (f) or a file (F) or an object
+The symbol is the name of a function (F) or a file (f) or an object
(O) or just a normal symbol (a space).
@end table