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Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/doc/binutils.texi')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 33e3025..5fe6e52 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -1428,8 +1428,9 @@ Creates a .gnu_debuglink section which contains a reference to @var{path-to-file and adds it to the output file. @item --only-keep-debug -Strip a file, removing any sections that would be stripped by -@option{--strip-debug} and leaving the debugging sections. +Strip a file, removing contents of any sections that would not be +stripped by @option{--strip-debug} and leaving the debugging sections +intact. The intention is that this option will be used in conjunction with @option{--add-gnu-debuglink} to create a two part executable. One a @@ -1460,7 +1461,7 @@ optional. You could instead do this: @item Run @code{objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=foo.full foo} @end enumerate -ie the file pointed to by the @option{--add-gnu-debuglink} can be the +i.e. the file pointed to by the @option{--add-gnu-debuglink} can be the full executable. It does not have to be a file created by the @option{--only-keep-debug} switch. |