From 91bb255c67ce378e25576a12e6b24929c45c92fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Clifton Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 08:22:27 +0000 Subject: PR binutils/3166 * objcopy.c (is_strip_section): Do not treat group sections as debugging sections. * doc/binutils.texi (--only-keep-debug): Document that this switch is only intended for use on fully linked files. --- binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'binutils/doc') diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index d74be80..e6d9ecd 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -1482,6 +1482,13 @@ 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. +Note - this switch is only intended for use on fully linked files. It +does not make sense to use it on object files where the debugging +information may be incomplete. Besides the gnu_debuglink feature +currently only supports the presence of one filename containing +debugging information, not multiple filenames on a one-per-object-file +basis. + @item -V @itemx --version Show the version number of @command{objcopy}. @@ -2391,6 +2398,13 @@ ie 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. +Note - this switch is only intended for use on fully linked files. It +does not make sense to use it on object files where the debugging +information may be incomplete. Besides the gnu_debuglink feature +currently only supports the presence of one filename containing +debugging information, not multiple filenames on a one-per-object-file +basis. + @item -V @itemx --version Show the version number for @command{strip}. -- cgit v1.1