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[PATCH] strip doc fix
- From: Andrew Stubbs <ams at codesourcery dot com>
- To: <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:00:00 +0000
- Subject: [PATCH] strip doc fix
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This patch clears up a little confusion over the "--remove-section"
option in "strip".
It seems that it was not clear that the named section would be removed
*in addition* to the debug info sections, as opposed to instead of.
OK?
Andrew
2014-12-19 Andrew Stubbs <ams@codesourcery.com>
binutils/
* objcopy.c (strip_usage): Reword --remove-section description.
* doc/binutils.texi (strip): Likewise.
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 39eb1d2..5bff96d 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -2855,7 +2855,8 @@ Replace @var{objfile} with a file in the output format @var{bfdname}.
@item -R @var{sectionname}
@itemx --remove-section=@var{sectionname}
-Remove any section named @var{sectionname} from the output file. This
+Remove any section named @var{sectionname} from the output file, in
+addition to whatever sections would otherwise be removed. This
option may be given more than once. Note that using this option
inappropriately may make the output file unusable. The wildcard
character @samp{*} may be given at the end of @var{sectionname}. If
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 07794cb..2e1cb54 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ strip_usage (FILE *stream, int exit_status)
-U --disable-deterministic-archives\n\
Disable -D behavior (default)\n"));
fprintf (stream, _("\
- -R --remove-section=<name> Remove section <name> from the output\n\
+ -R --remove-section=<name> Also remove section <name> from the output\n\
-s --strip-all Remove all symbol and relocation information\n\
-g -S -d --strip-debug Remove all debugging symbols & sections\n\
--strip-dwo Remove all DWO sections\n\