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Re: nm dying on stripped .so's

From: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
To: Philip Prindeville <philipp_subx at redfish-solutions dot com>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>, binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:55:18 +1030
Subject: Re: nm dying on stripped .so's
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References: <DB5E3D3A-2460-4994-A1DB-07353E326836@redfish-solutions.com> <87o9zcegeo.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <CAB55606-D8AD-4BBE-9A5E-697762841B35@redfish-solutions.com>

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 02:23:43PM -0700, Philip Prindeville wrote:
> > On Jan 12, 2017, at 3:11 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > Please try readelf -Ds.
> 
> I tried that: it works, thanks.  Attaching the output.
> 
> I’m confused why “readelf” considers the file sound, but “nm” doesn’t.  Can “nm” be made a little more forgiving?

No.  You have an object that has been more than just stripped.  Its
section headers have been completely removed, probably to hinder you
inspecting the file.  Complain to whoever gave you the file.

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM

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