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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2020-07-02 11:30:52 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2020-07-02 11:30:52 +0100
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Change readelf's display of symbol names (when not in --wide mode) so that if they are going to be truncated then "[...]" is displayed at the end. Add a comment line option to disable this enhancement and restore the old behaviour.
PR 26028 binutils* readelf.c (print_symbol): Handle truncation of symbol names. (options): Add -T/--silent-truncation option. (parse_args): Handle the option. (print_dynamic_symbol): Correct calculation of width available to display symbol name. * doc/binutils.texi: Document the -T option to readelf. * NEWS: Mention the new feature. gas * testsuite/gas/ia64/group-2.d: Add -T option to readelf command line. * testsuite/gas/ia64/unwind.d: Likewise. * testsuite/gas/mmix/bspec-1.d: Likewise. * testsuite/gas/mmix/bspec-2.d: Likewise. * testsuite/gas/mmix/comment-1.d: Likewise. * testsuite/gas/tic6x/scomm-directive-4.d: Likewise. ld * testsuite/ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp: Add -T option to readelf command line when running some tests. * testsuite/ld-arm/arm-elf.exp: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-mmix/local1.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-mmix/local3.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-mmix/local5.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-mmix/local7.d: Likewise. * testsuite/ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp: Likewise.
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+* Changed readelf's display of symbol names when wide mode is not enabled.
+ If the name is too long it will be truncated and the last five characters
+ replaced with "[...]". The old behaviour of displaying 5 more characters but
+ not indicating that truncation has happened can be restored by the use of the
+ -T or --silent-truncation options.
+
* X86 NaCl target support is removed.
* The readelf tool now has a -L or --lint or --enable-checks option which turns