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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2006-09-05 08:22:27 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2006-09-05 08:22:27 +0000
commit91bb255c67ce378e25576a12e6b24929c45c92fc (patch)
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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.
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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;
}