* NEWS: Mention --as-needed change.
ld/
* ld.texinfo (--as-needed): Update.
bfd/
* elflink.c (on_needed_list): New function.
(elf_link_add_object_symbols): Link in --as-needed libs if they
satisfy undefined symbols in other libs.
* dlltool.c (file scope): Added new globals identify_ms and
identify_strict. New typedef dll_name_list_type, and globals
identify_dll_name_list_head and identify_dll_name_list_tail. Added
new global identify_member_contains_symname_result.
(identify_append_dll_name_to_list): New function.
(identify_count_dll_name_list): New function.
(identify_print_dll_name_list): New function.
(identify_free_dll_name_list): New function.
(identify_search_archive): Changed signature to take function
pointer to operation to apply to each member, and data to pass on
to that function.
(identify_search_member): Changed signature to accept user data
from caller.
(identify_member_contains_symname): New function.
(identify_dll_for_implib): Rewrite. Now determines whether implib
is ms- or binutils- style, before searching sections for
dllname. Allows multiple dllnames.
(identify_process_section_p): Search alternate section for dllname
when implib is ms-style.
(identify_search_section): Add additional conditions to excludes
candidate sections from consideration.
(usage): Added --identify-strict.
(long_options): Added --identify-strict.
(main): Handle --identify-strict option.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document --identify-strict option.
* NEWS: Document --identify and --identify-strict options.
* dlltool.c (use_nul_prefixed_import_tables): New.
(make_head): Make prefix leading zero prefix element for
idata$4 and idata$5 dependent to new flag.
(usage): Add new option --use-nul-prefixed-import-tables.
(OPTION_USE_NUL_PREFIXED_IMPORT_TABLES): New.
(long_options): Add --use-nul-prefixed-import-tables.
(main): Likewise.
* doc/binutils.texi: Add new option documentation for
--use-nul-prefixed-import-tables.
* NEWS: Add new option.
2008-09-08 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
* NEWS: Add a marker for the 2.19 features.
gas/
2008-09-08 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
* NEWS: Add a marker for the 2.19 features.
binutils/
2008-09-08 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
* NEWS: Add a marker for the 2.19 features.
display_debug_lines_raw.
(display_debug_lines_decoded): New function. Displays the
interpreted contents of a .debug_line section.
(display_debug_lines): New function: Selects either a raw dump or
a decoded dump (or both) as requested by the user.
* dwarf.h (do_debug_lines_decoded): New extern.
* readelf.c: Add support for -wL or --debug-dump=decodedline
option to display the decoded contents of a .debug_line section.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* bfd/archive.c (_bfd_find_nested_archive): New function.
(get_extended_arelt_filename): Add origin parameter.
(_bfd_generic_read_ar_hdr_mag): Deal with extended name
combined with a file offset.
(append_relative_path): New function.
(_bfd_get_elt_at_filepos): Deal with external members and
nested archives.
(bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file): Thin archives.
(bfd_generic_archive_p): Recognize new magic string.
(adjust_relative_path): New function.
(_bfd_construct_extended_name_table): Construct extended
names for thin archive members.
(_bfd_write_archive_contents): Emit new magic string, skip
copying files for thin archives.
* bfd/bfd-in.h (bfd_is_thin_archive): New macro.
* bfd/bfd.c (struct bfd): New fields for thin archives.
* bfd/libbfd-in.h (struct areltdata): New field for thin archives.
* bfd/opncls.c (bfd_close): Delete BFDs for nested archives.
* binutils/ar.c (make_thin_archive): New global flag.
(map_over_members): Deal with full pathnames in thin archives.
(usage, main): Add 'T' option for building thin archives.
(replace_members): Pass thin archive flag to ar_emul_append.
* binutils/arsup.c (ar_open): Initialize new flag.
* binutils/binemul.c (ar_emul_append): Add new parameter for
flattening nested archives.
(do_ar_emul_default_append): New function.
(ar_emul_default_append): Factored out recursive code.
* binutils/binemul.h (ar_emul_default_append): Add new parameter.
(struct bin_emulation_xfer_struct): New parameter for ar_append.
* binutils/dlltool.c (gen_lib_file): Initialize thin archive flag.
* binutils/emul_aix.c (ar_emul_aix_internal): Add new flatten
parameter, currently unimplemented.
All callers changed.
* binutils/objcopy.c (copy_archive): Preserve thin archive flag.
* binutils/doc/binutils.texi: Update ar documentation.
* binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/ar.exp: Add thin archive tests.
* include/aout/ar.h (ARMAGT): New magic string for thin archives.
(long_options): Add -F/--file-offsets.
(objdump_print_addr_with_sym): If displaying file offsets, print
the offset of the given address.
(disassemble_bytes): If displaying file offsets, tell the user how
many zeroes are skipped and the file offset of the point where
dumping resumes.
(disassemble_section): Only display the name of the section if
data is going to be dumped from it.
(main): Handle new option. Produce error messages if the start or
stop addresses do not make sense.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
(dump_sects, cmdline_dump_sects): Use the new type.
(options): Add --string-dump option.
(request_dump): Rename to request_dump_bynumber. Use dump_type.
(request_dump_byname): Use dump_type.
(parse_args): Parse --string-dump option.
(process_section_headers): Fix calls to request_dump.
(initialise_dumps_byname): Likewise.
(dump_section): Rename to dump_section_as_bytes.
(dump_section_as_strings): New function. Display the contents of a section as printable strings.
(process_section_contents): String dump the section if requested.
(process_object): Use dump_type.
(main): Likewise.
* Makefile.am: Add dependency for readelf.c on safe-ctype.h.
* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
* testsuite/binutils-all/dumptest.s: New test file.
* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp: Add test of readelf's -p switch.
200x-xx-xx Phil Edwards <phil@codesourcery.com>
Richard Sandiford <richard@codesourcery.com>
* NEWS: Mention addition of --extract-symbol.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document it.
* objcopy.c (extract_symbol): New variable.
(OPTION_EXTRACT_SYMBOLS): New command_line_switch.
(copy_options): Add an entry for --extract-symbol.
(copy_usage): Mention --extract-symbol.
(copy_object): Set the start address to zero for --extract-symbol.
Do not copy private BFD data in that case.
(setup_section): Set the size, LMA and VMA to zero for
--extract-symbol. Do not copy private BFD data in that case.
(copy_section): Do not copy section contents if --extract-symbol
is passed.
(copy_main): Set extract_symbol to TRUE if --extract-symbol
is passed.
ld/testsuite/
* ld-elf/extract-symbol-1sym.d, ld-elf/extract-symbol-1sec.d,
* ld-elf/extract-symbol-1.s, ld-elf/extract-symbol-1.ld: New tests.
* ld-elf/binutils.exp: Run them.
as mangled names read from stdin.
Add -i switch to disable the display of implementation details.
Add -t switch to disable the demangling of types.
* NEWS: Mention the new switches.
* doc/binutils.texi (cxxfilt): Document the -i and -t switches.
* NEWS: Mention new readelf options, "-N/--full-section-name"
and "-g/--section-groups".
* doc/binutils.texi: Document new readelf options,
"-N/--full-section-name" and "-g/--section-groups".
2004-12-15 Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
* doc/binutils.texi: Document --strip-unneeded-symbol and
--strip-unneeded-symbols.
* objcopy.c (strip_unneeded_list): New.
(enum command_line_switch): Add OPTION_STRIP_UNNEEDED_SYMBOL
and OPTION_STRIP_UNNEEDED_SYMBOLS.
(copy_options): Add --strip-unneeded-symbol and
--strip-unneeded-symbols.
(copy_usage): Likewise.
(filter_symbols): Suppress copying of symbol if in strip_unneeded_list
and the symbol is not needed.
(copy_main): Handle OPTION_STRIP_UNNEEDED_SYMBOL and
OPTION_STRIP_UNNEEDED_SYMBOLS.
2003-09-30 Chris Demetriou <cgd@broadcom.com>
* NEWS: Add an indication of the cutoff for 2.14.
[ gas/ChangeLog ]
2003-09-30 Chris Demetriou <cgd@broadcom.com>
* NEWS: Add an indication of the cutoff for 2.14.
[ ld/ChangeLog ]
2003-09-30 Chris Demetriou <cgd@broadcom.com>
* NEWS: Add an indication of the cutoff for 2.14.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document new command line option.
* prdbg.c: Code to print the debug info as tags compatible with ctags.
* budbg.h: Adjust prototype.
* NEWS: Mention new switch
given prefix to the begining of the symbol name. This is useful to provide
name space seperation regardless of how the object file was created. Added
--prefix-sections <prefix> and --prefix-alloc-sections <prefix> options to
rename all sections (or all sections with the alloc flag set) by adding the
given prefix to the begining of the symbol name.
