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-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--binutils/doc/binutils.texi1
-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c15
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 1023e26..c968dc8 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-08-06 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+ * objcopy.c (copy_object): Don't setup_bfd_headers when extract_symbol.
+ (setup_section): Don't zero vma and lma when extract_symbol.
+ (copy_section): Discard relocations when extract_symbol.
+ * doc/binutils.texi: Update --extract-symbol description.
+
2008-08-04 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
* Makefile.am (POTFILES.in): Set LC_ALL=C.
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 2ebf354..db09d8a 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1540,7 +1540,6 @@ Keep the file's section flags and symbols but remove all section data.
Specifically, the option:
@itemize
-@item sets the virtual and load addresses of every section to zero;
@item removes the contents of all sections;
@item sets the size of every section to zero; and
@item sets the file's start address to zero.
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 49b022a..deff169 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -1461,7 +1461,8 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd)
any output is done. Thus, we traverse all sections multiple times. */
bfd_map_over_sections (ibfd, setup_section, obfd);
- setup_bfd_headers (ibfd, obfd);
+ if (!extract_symbol)
+ setup_bfd_headers (ibfd, obfd);
if (add_sections != NULL)
{
@@ -2298,7 +2299,7 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
else
vma += change_section_address;
- if (! bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osection, extract_symbol ? 0 : vma))
+ if (! bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osection, vma))
{
err = _("failed to set vma");
goto loser;
@@ -2317,7 +2318,7 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
else
lma += change_section_address;
- osection->lma = extract_symbol ? 0 : lma;
+ osection->lma = lma;
/* FIXME: This is probably not enough. If we change the LMA we
may have to recompute the header for the file as well. */
@@ -2336,7 +2337,7 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
bfd_get_section_by_name since some formats allow multiple
sections with the same name. */
isection->output_section = osection;
- isection->output_offset = extract_symbol ? vma : 0;
+ isection->output_offset = 0;
/* Do not copy backend data if --extract-symbol is passed; anything
that needs to look at the section contents will fail. */
@@ -2400,6 +2401,9 @@ copy_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
if (size == 0 || osection == 0)
return;
+ if (extract_symbol)
+ return;
+
p = find_section_list (bfd_get_section_name (ibfd, isection), FALSE);
/* Core files do not need to be relocated. */
@@ -2460,9 +2464,6 @@ copy_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
free (relpp);
}
- if (extract_symbol)
- return;
-
if (bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isection) & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
&& bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osection) & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS)
{