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authorJohn Gilmore <gnu@cygnus>1992-06-14 17:52:53 +0000
committerJohn Gilmore <gnu@cygnus>1992-06-14 17:52:53 +0000
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* objdump.c (dump_elf_stabs): Also dump .stab.index and .stab.excl sections.
(dump_elf_stabs_1): Split out main body of old dump_elf_stabs. * objdump.1, binutils.texi: Document new sections dumped.
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@@ -736,11 +736,11 @@ Display the full contents of any sections requested.
@cindex .stab
@cindex debug symbols
@cindex ELF object file format
-Display the full contents of any sections requested.
-Display the contents of the .stab section from an ELF file.
-This is only useful on systems (such as Solaris 2.0) in which
-@code{.stab} debugging symbol-table entries are carried in an ELF section.
-In most other file formats, debugging symbol-table entries are
+Display the full contents of any sections requested. Display the
+contents of the .stab and .stab.index and .stab.excl sections from an
+ELF file. This is only useful on systems (such as Solaris 2.0) in which
+@code{.stab} debugging symbol-table entries are carried in an ELF
+section. In most other file formats, debugging symbol-table entries are
interleaved with linkage symbols, and are visible in the @samp{--syms}
output.