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diff --git a/binutils/nm.c b/binutils/nm.c
index 306f2c6..f97732e 100644
--- a/binutils/nm.c
+++ b/binutils/nm.c
@@ -1086,6 +1086,7 @@ print_symname (format, name, abfd)
if (do_demangle && *name)
{
char *res;
+ const char *p;
/* In this mode, give a user-level view of the symbol name
even if it's not mangled; strip off any leading
@@ -1093,9 +1094,30 @@ print_symname (format, name, abfd)
if (bfd_get_symbol_leading_char (abfd) == name[0])
name++;
- res = cplus_demangle (name, DMGL_ANSI | DMGL_PARAMS);
+ /* This is a hack for XCOFF, PowerPC64-ELF or the MS PE format.
+ These formats have a number of leading '.'s on at least some
+ symbols, so we remove all dots to avoid confusing the
+ demangler. */
+ p = name;
+ while (*p == '.')
+ ++p;
+
+ res = cplus_demangle (p, DMGL_ANSI | DMGL_PARAMS);
if (res)
{
+ size_t dots = p - name;
+
+ /* Now put back any stripped dots. */
+ if (dots != 0)
+ {
+ size_t len = strlen (res) + 1;
+ char *add_dots = xmalloc (len + dots);
+
+ memcpy (add_dots, name, dots);
+ memcpy (add_dots + dots, res, len);
+ free (res);
+ res = add_dots;
+ }
printf (format, res);
free (res);
return;