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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2020-07-02 11:30:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2020-07-02 11:30:52 +0100 |
| commit | 0942c7ab94e554657c3e11ab85ae7f15373ee80d (patch) | |
| tree | b9a60c0257ad7aa26fe5985f5ae279db2e4528cd /binutils/NEWS | |
| parent | 1cdf9e33eadd3bf091fe64ed30daa0263f736ea2 (diff) | |
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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.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/NEWS | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS index b0cc156..1da8a86 100644 --- a/binutils/NEWS +++ b/binutils/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ -*- text -*- +* 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 |