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[binutils-gdb] Update documentation to reflect that the symbol localization options of objcopy do not affect unique
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at sourceware dot org>
- To: bfd-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 20 Jul 2016 08:41:59 -0000
- Subject: [binutils-gdb] Update documentation to reflect that the symbol localization options of objcopy do not affect unique
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f2629855d950f42c6d6ed7132cf94dd70e308985
commit f2629855d950f42c6d6ed7132cf94dd70e308985
Author: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Wed Jul 20 09:41:10 2016 +0100
Update documentation to reflect that the symbol localization options of objcopy do not affect unique symbols.
* doc/binutils.texi (objcopy): Note that the localize symbol
options do not affect unique symbols.
Diff:
---
binutils/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index fed99fc..6346e63 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-07-20 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * doc/binutils.texi (objcopy): Note that the localize symbol
+ options do not affect unique symbols.
+
2016-07-16 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
* ar.c: Include plugin-api.h.
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 5a564ef..2f4ea0a 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1321,8 +1321,9 @@ such as @option{-L}.
@item -L @var{symbolname}
@itemx --localize-symbol=@var{symbolname}
-Make symbol @var{symbolname} local to the file, so that it is not
-visible externally. This option may be given more than once.
+Convert a global or weak symbol called @var{symbolname} into a local
+symbol, so that it is not visible externally. This option may be
+given more than once. Note - unique symbols are not converted.
@item -W @var{symbolname}
@itemx --weaken-symbol=@var{symbolname}