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+-*- text -*-
+
+Changes since binutils 2.6
+
+* Added --enable-shared and --enable-commonbfdlib options to configure.
+
+* Added --debugging argument to objdump and objcopy.
+
+* Added --defined-only argument to nm.
+
+* Added --remove-leading-char argument to objcopy.
+
+* The objdump --line-numbers option is now meaningful with --reloc.
+
+Changes since binutils 2.5
+
+* Added -N/--strip-symbol and -K/--keep-symbol arguments to strip and objcopy.
+
+* Added several arguments to objcopy to provide some control over how the new
+  file is laid out in memory.  Also added binary output format to BFD to permit
+  generating plain binary files.
+
+* Added --start-address and --stop-address options to objdump.
+
+* ar and ranlib now work on AIX.  The tools are now built by default on AIX.
+
+Changes since binutils 2.4
+
+* Changed objdump -dr to dump the relocs interspersed with the assembly
+  listing, for a more useful listing of relocateable files.
+
+* Changed objdump -d/--disassemble to only disassemble SEC_CODE sections.
+  Added -D/--disassemble-all option to disassemble all sections.
+
+* Added --size-sort option to nm.
+
+* strip and objcopy should now be able to handle dynamically linked ELF
+  executables.
+
+Changes since binutils 2.3
+
+* Support for HP-PA (by Jeff Law), i386 Mach (by David Mackenzie), RS/6000 and
+  PowerPC (except ar and ranlib; by Ian Taylor).
+
+* Support for Irix 5.
+
+* Programs `strip' and `objcopy' will not attempt to write dynamically linked
+  ELF output files, since BFD currently can't create them properly.
+
+Changes since binutils 2.2
+
+* A new --stabs argument has been added to objdump to dump stabs sections in
+  ELF and COFF files.
+
+* A new program, nlmconv, has been added.  It can convert object files into
+  Novell NetWare Loadable Modules.
+
+* The strings program has been added.
+
+Changes since binutils 2.1
+
+* The 'copy' program has been renamed to 'objcopy', for consistency with
+  'objdump', and because 'copy' might more plausibly be used as a synonym for
+  'cp'.
+
+* The new stand-alone program c++filt is a filter that converts encoded
+  (mangled) C++ assembly-level identifiers to user-level names.  (Note: This
+  may get moved to the gcc distribution.)
+
+* nm -o on an archive now prefixes each line with the archive name, matching
+  the output from BSD nm.
+
+* ar (and ld) can now read (but not write) BSD4.4-style archives.
+
+* New support for H8500, Z8000, and the Hitach SH.
+
+* Dis-assembler interface changed to allow sharing with gdb.
+
+* There is new Elf code, but it is not yet ready for general use.
+
+* There is the beginnings of a test suite.
+
+Changes since binutils 2.0
+
+* There is now support for writing ECOFF files, so ld and the other utilities
+  should work on Risc/Ultrix and Irix.  Please let us know how well this works.
+
+* ar now automatically creates a symbol table (a __.SYMDEF member, in the BSD
+  version), if there are any object files in the archive.  So running ranlib is
+  now redundant (unless the non-standard q command is used).  This is required
+  for Posix.2 conformance.
+
+* The archive-reading code now reads both BSD-style and SYSV-style archives
+  independently of the selected target format.  This is to encourage people to
+  switch to SYSV-format, which has a number of advantages.
+
+* The strip and copy programs now have options to remove debug-symbols only
+  and/or local symbols only.  They now also support long options.
+
+
+Local variables:
+fill-column: 79
+End: