From 91bb255c67ce378e25576a12e6b24929c45c92fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 08:22:27 +0000
Subject: PR binutils/3166 * objcopy.c (is_strip_section): Do not treat group
 sections as debugging sections. * doc/binutils.texi (--only-keep-debug):
 Document that this switch is only intended for use on fully linked files.

---
 binutils/objcopy.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'binutils/objcopy.c')

diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 0d56845..8db5ef0 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -815,6 +815,13 @@ is_strip_section (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, asection *sec)
 	return FALSE;
     }
 
+  /* PR binutils/3166
+     Group sections look like debugging sections but they are not.
+     (They have a non-zero size but they are not ALLOCated).  */
+  if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_GROUP) != 0
+      && strip_symbols == STRIP_NONDEBUG)
+    return TRUE;
+
   return FALSE;
 }
 
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