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| author | Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> | 2009-04-14 09:47:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> | 2009-04-14 09:47:44 +0000 |
| commit | 0408dee693ad16f400bc1b0ff04ccd13777e04d5 (patch) | |
| tree | ca7551e512b6718b84698ea061197562349f9bd1 /bfd/coffcode.h | |
| parent | c38b10fa101227162ec08b2ecf1cd977c9380c4f (diff) | |
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bfd/ChangeLog
* coffgen.c (make_a_section_from_file): Set the backend long
section names enable if long section names found on input.
* coffcode.h: Extend long section names documentation to match.
binutils/ChangeLog
* objcopy.c (enum long_section_name_handling): New enum type.
(enum command_line_switch): Add OPTION_LONG_SECTION_NAMES.
(copy_options[]): Add entry for --long-section-names option.
(copy_usage): Document it.
(set_long_section_mode): New subroutine.
(copy_file): Call it.
(copy_main): Accept OPTION_LONG_SECTION_NAMES and parse arg.
* doc/binutils.texi: Update objcopy documentation with details
of new option.
Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/coffcode.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/coffcode.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/coffcode.h b/bfd/coffcode.h index 484fb6b..4f53e47 100644 --- a/bfd/coffcode.h +++ b/bfd/coffcode.h @@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ SUBSUBSECTION points to a function that allows the value of the flag to be altered at runtime, on formats that support long section names at all; on other formats it points to a stub that returns an error indication. + + With input BFDs, the flag is set according to whether any long section + names are detected while reading the section headers. For a completely + new BFD, the flag is set to the default for the target format. This + information can be used by a client of the BFD library when deciding + what output format to generate, and means that a BFD that is opened + for read and subsequently converted to a writeable BFD and modified + in-place will retain whatever format it had on input. If @code{COFF_LONG_SECTION_NAMES} is simply defined (blank), or is defined to the value "1", then long section names are enabled by |