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diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 0781036..466f125 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -1844,10 +1844,9 @@ It can also be a useful way of reducing the size of a @option{--just-symbols} linker input file. @item --compress-debug-sections -Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib. The debug sections are -renamed to begin with @samp{.zdebug} instead of @samp{.debug}. Note - -if compression would actually make a section @emph{larger} then it is -not compressed or renamed. +Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib with SHF_COMPRESSED from the +ELF ABI. Note - if compression would actually make a section +@emph{larger}, then it is not compressed. @item --compress-debug-sections=none @itemx --compress-debug-sections=zlib @@ -1857,10 +1856,13 @@ For ELF files, these options control how DWARF debug sections are compressed. @option{--compress-debug-sections=none} is equivalent to @option{--nocompress-debug-sections}. @option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib} and -@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu} are equivalent to +@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi} are equivalent to @option{--compress-debug-sections}. -@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi} compresses -DWARF debug sections with SHF_COMPRESSED from the ELF ABI. +@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu} compresses DWARF debug +sections using zlib. The debug sections are renamed to begin with +@samp{.zdebug} instead of @samp{.debug}. Note - if compression would +actually make a section @emph{larger}, then it is not compressed nor +renamed. @item --decompress-debug-sections Decompress DWARF debug sections using zlib. The original section |