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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2003-06-12 07:23:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2003-06-12 07:23:31 +0000 |
| commit | 2593f09acc1c244047833a192d227de4064c4735 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a4e3e2e8049f06ff6a6c2fa35ad40f13c73830a /binutils/NEWS | |
| parent | 7d1ebfb2ed1bf3b876ea871ed923dfbf85166944 (diff) | |
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Add new switch to objcopy: --add-gnu-debuglink=<file>
Allows packages to be shipped in two forms, a stripped executable and debug
info file.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/NEWS')
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diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS index 2531bf2..8d92dcb 100644 --- a/binutils/NEWS +++ b/binutils/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ -*- text -*- +* objcopy now accepts --add-gnu-debuglink=<file> to insert a .gnu_debuglink + section into a (presumably stripped) executable. This allows the debug + information for the file to be held in a seperate file. + * BFD marks the sections .comment and .note as 'n' in the BSD/POSIX single-character representation. This can be checked by running nm with the -a switch. |