All strip operations require section headers to be present, as do most
objcopy operations. BFD is seriously confused by objects without
section info. The error message added here is similar to the error
on attempting to strip/objcopy a zero length object.
PR binutils/16811
* objcopy.c (copy_object): Error if no sections.
* objcopy.c (enum change_action): Delete.
(struct section_list): Delete remove, copy, change_vma, change_lma
and set_flags fields. Add context field.
(find_section_list): Add a context parameter. Add support for
wildcard characters in section names.
(is_strip_section): Check for sections being both copied and
removed.
(copy_object): Pass context to find_section_list.
(setup_section): Likewise.
(copy_section): Likewise.
(copy_main): Likewise.
* doc/binutils: Document the new behaviour.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature
* objcopy.c (deterministic): Make int rather than bfd_boolean,
initialize to -1.
(strip_options, copy_options): Add -U/--disable-deterministic-archives.
(default_deterministic): New function.
(strip_main, copy_main): Handle -U. Call default_deterministic.
(copy_usage, strip_usage): Describe -U. Cite whether -D or -U is
the default based on DEFAULT_AR_DETERMINISTIC.
* doc/binutils.texi (objcopy, strip): Describe -U and effect of
configure options on -D.
* ar.c (default_deterministic): Comment fix.
to strip and objcopy.
* objcopy.c (deterministic): New global variable.
(strip_options): Add --enable-deterministic-archives.
(copy_options): Likewise.
(copy_usage): Likewise.
(strip_usage): Likewise.
(copy_archive): When stripping all, don't add archive map; set
deterministic output when requested.
(strip_main): Add -D/--enable-deterministic-archives option.
(copy_main): Likewise.
binutils/
2011-09-15 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR binutils/13180
* objcopy.c (is_strip_section_1): New.
(is_strip_section): Use it. Remove the group section if all
members are removed.
binutils/testsuite/
2011-09-15 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR binutils/13180
* binutils-all/group-6.d: New.
* binutils-all/group-6.s: Likewise.
* binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Run group-6 for ELF targrts.
of more than one byte at a time.
(copy_width): New variable.
(copy_options): Add --interleave-width.
(copy_section): When interleaving copy in units of copy_width
bytes.
(copy_main): Parse the new option.
* doc/binutils: Document the new option.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Add test of new --interleave-width
option.
* objcopy.c (copy_main): Rewrite OPTION_ADD_SECTION code to work
with non-ordinary files like /dev/null.
binutils/testsuite/:
* lib/utils-lib.exp (run_dump_test): Permit option values to use
$srcdir to refer to the source directory.
* binutils-all/add-section.d: New test.
* binutils-all/add-empty-section.d: New test.
* binutils-all/empty-file: New test input file.
* binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Run new tests.
of input file, if not specified in input file itself; all callers
updated; `binary_architecture' hack removed.
(copy_archive, copy_file): New parameter `input_arch', for
`copy_object' usage.
(copy_main): Accept `-B' (`--binary-architecture') option also
for any arch-less input ifile format, not only `binary'; remove
bfd_external_binary_architecture hack; instead, add `input_arch'
to calls to `copy_file'.
* windres.c, windmc.c : Obsolete and useless external references
to `bfd_external_binary_architecture' or `bfd_external_machine'
removed.
* binary.c (binary_object_p): Remove bfd_external_binary_architecture
hack. objcopy `-B' (`--binary-architecture') option is now handled
in a generic way.
* coffgen.c (make_a_section_from_file): Set the backend long
section names enable if long section names found on input.
* coffcode.h: Extend long section names documentation to match.
binutils/ChangeLog
* objcopy.c (enum long_section_name_handling): New enum type.
(enum command_line_switch): Add OPTION_LONG_SECTION_NAMES.
(copy_options[]): Add entry for --long-section-names option.
(copy_usage): Document it.
(set_long_section_mode): New subroutine.
(copy_file): Call it.
(copy_main): Accept OPTION_LONG_SECTION_NAMES and parse arg.
* doc/binutils.texi: Update objcopy documentation with details
of new option.
2009-03-13 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR binutils/9945
* elf.c (assign_section_numbers): Generate symbol table if there
is any relocation in output.
(_bfd_elf_compute_section_file_positions): Likewise.
binutils/
2009-03-13 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR binutils/9945
* objcopy.c (copy_object): Clear HAS_RELOC when stripping all.
* objdump.c (dump_bfd): If the -g option found no STABS or IEEE
debug information to display, try dumping DWARF information
instead.
* rddbg.c (read_debugging_info): Add a parameter to suppress the
display of a warning message when no debug information is found.
* budbg.h (read_debugging_info): Update prototype.
* objcopy.c (copy_object): Continue to allow read_debugging_info
to produce warning messages.
* doc/binutils.texi (--debugging): Document new behaviour of the
-g/--debugging option.
* objcopy.c (stuct symlist): Rename to
is_specified_symbol_predicate_data.
(strip_specific_list): Rename to strip_specific_htab.
(strip_unneeded_list): Rename to strip_unneeded_htab.
(keep_specific_list): Rename to keep_specific_htab.
(localize_specific_list): Rename to localize_specific_htab.
(globalize_specific_list): Rename to globalize_specific_htab.
(keepglobal_specific_list): Rename to keepglobal_specific_htab.
(weaken_specific_list): Rename to weaken_specific_htab.
(eq_string): New function.
(create_symbol_htab): New function.
(create_symbol_htabs): New function.
(add_specific_symbol): Change to use hash tables.
(is_specified_symbol_predicate): New function.
(is_specified_symbol): Use hash table lookup.
(is_strip_section): Update to use new functions and hash tables.
(filter_symbols): Likewise.
(copy_object): Likewise.
(copy_section): Likewise.
(strip_main): Likewise.
(copy_main): Likewise.
(main): Likewise.
* 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.
