* 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.
Tristan Gingold
H.J. Lu
Alan Modra
Nick Clifton
Kai Tietz
Ben Elliston
Michael Meissner
Daniel Jacobowitz
Vladimir Prus
Richard Sandiford
Fred Fish
Jan Beulich
Kazu Hirata
Chris Demetriou
Stan Cox