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1 2008-03-27 Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com>
2
3 Add support for thin archives.
4 * ar.c (make_thin_archive): New global flag.
5 (map_over_members): Deal with full pathnames in thin archives.
6 (usage, main): Add 'T' option for building thin archives.
7 (replace_members): Pass thin archive flag to ar_emul_append.
8 * arsup.c (ar_open): Initialize new flag.
9 * binemul.c (ar_emul_append): Add new parameter for
10 flattening nested archives.
11 (do_ar_emul_default_append): New function.
12 (ar_emul_default_append): Factored out recursive code.
13 * binutils/binemul.h (ar_emul_default_append): Add new parameter.
14 (struct bin_emulation_xfer_struct): New parameter for ar_append.
15 * dlltool.c (gen_lib_file): Initialize thin archive flag.
16 * emul_aix.c (ar_emul_aix_internal): Add new flatten
17 parameter, currently unimplemented.
18 All callers changed.
19 * objcopy.c (copy_archive): Preserve thin archive flag.
20 * doc/binutils.texi: Update ar documentation.
21 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
22
23 2008-03-20 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
24
25 * readelf.c (process_mips_specific): Declare addr_size as int.
26
27 2008-03-20 Richard Sandiford <rsandifo@nildram.co.uk>
28
29 * readelf.c (print_mips_got_entry): New function.
30 (process_mips_specific): Print GOT information.
31
32 2008-03-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
33
34 * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
35 * configure: Likewise.
36 * Makefile.in: Likewise.
37 * doc/Makefile.in: Likewise.
38
39 2008-03-16 Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
40
41 * rcparse.y (resid): Allow control text to span multiple lines.
42
43 2008-03-13 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
44
45 * readelf.c: Use %u throughout when printing sh_link or sh_info,
46 %lu when printing sh_addralign.
47 (process_version_sections): Use identical formats when printing
48 all offset and sh_link fields.
49
50 2008-03-13 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
51
52 * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".
53 * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
54 * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
55 * configure: Regenerate.
56
57 2008-03-12 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
58
59 PR 5900
60 * readelf.c (SECTION_HEADER_INDEX, SECTION_HEADER_NUM): Delete.
61 Remove use throughout file.
62 (SECTION_HEADER): Likewise.
63 (dump_relocations): Don't adjust st_shndx for reserved range.
64 (process_file_header): Mask SHN_XINDEX to values seen in external
65 elf structs. Simplify valid section index tests.
66 (get_32bit_elf_symbols, get_64bit_elf_symbols): Mask SHN_XINDEX.
67 Map reserved st_shndx to internal form.
68 (process_section_groups): Test that group symbol st_shndx is in
69 range, not just non-zero. Delete reserved range check.
70 (get_symbol_index_type): Mask "type" to 16 bits when printing PRC,
71 OS or RSV.
72
73 2008-03-09 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
74
75 * readelf.c (arm_attr_tag_VFP_arch): Add "VFPv3-D16".
76
77 2008-03-03 James E. Wilson <wilson@tuliptree.org>
78
79 * MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.
80
81 2008-03-03 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
82
83 * dwarf.c (decode_location_expression): Handle
84 DW_OP_PGI_omp_thread_num.
85
86 2008-03-01 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
87
88 * objdump.c (objdump_print_addr): Initialise "sym".
89
90 2008-02-27 Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
91 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
92
93 * ar.c (usage): Mention -t command line switch.
94 * doc/binutils.texi (ranlib): Document -t command line switch.
95
96 2008-02-26 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
97
98 * objdump.c (objdump_print_addr): If displaying file offsets, show
99 the offset even if there are no symbols available.
100 (dump_section): Display nothing if none of the section is going to
101 be dumped. Display the file offset, if requested, of the location
102 from where the dump starts.
103 * doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Mention that dumping via the -s
104 switch is also affected by the -F option.
105
106 2008-02-26 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
107
108 Re-apply this patch which was accidentally deleted:
109 2006-05-16 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@codesourcery.com>
110
111 * doc/binutils.texi: Use "Binutils Index" for index name.
112
113 2008-02-22 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
114
115 * objdump.c (display_file_offsets): New variable.
116 (long_options): Add -F/--file-offsets.
117 (objdump_print_addr_with_sym): If displaying file offsets, print
118 the offset of the given address.
119 (disassemble_bytes): If displaying file offsets, tell the user how
120 many zeroes are skipped and the file offset of the point where
121 dumping resumes.
122 (disassemble_section): Only display the name of the section if
123 data is going to be dumped from it.
124 (main): Handle new option. Produce error messages if the start or
125 stop addresses do not make sense.
126 * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
127 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
128
129 2008-02-15 Chu Li <chul@cn.fujitsu.com>
130 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
131
132 PR binutils/5713
133 * strings.c (integer_arg): Delete function.
134 (string_min): Initialise to 4.
135 (main): Use strtoul to parse integer arguments.
136 Move check for an invalid string length to after all the arguments
137 have been parsed.
138 (usage): Use indentation to indicate that -<n> is a another form
139 of the --bytes= command line option.
140
141 2008-02-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
142
143 * dlltool.c (mcore_elf_cache_filename): Add a const qualifier to
144 the argument.
145 (scan_obj_filename): Do not drop the const qualifier when calling
146 mcore_elf_cache_filename.
147 (struct fname_cache): Add const qualifier to filename field.
148
149 2008-02-08 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
150
151 PR binutils/5713
152 * strings.c (main): Set string_min to 4 if it is <= 0.
153
154 2008-02-07 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
155
156 * objdump.c (main): Don't pass unadorned NULL to concat.
157
158 2008-02-04 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
159
160 PR 5715
161 * configure: Regenerated.
162
163 2008-02-03 Adam Nemet <anemet@caviumnetworks.com>
164
165 * readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Handle Octeon.
166
167 2008-01-30 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
168
169 * readelf.c (dump_relocations): Decode OpenVMS-specific sections.
170 (get_ia64_dynamic_type): Decode OpenVMS-specific tags.
171 (get_dynamic_type): Handle IA64-specific tags.
172 (get_ia64_section_type_name): Handle OpenVMS-specific sections.
173 (get_section_type_name): Handle OS-specific sections (and
174 particularly IA64 OpenVMS one).
175 (get_elf_section_flags): Makes flags static. Add entries for IA64 and
176 decode them.
177
178 2008-01-29 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
179
180 * dwarf.c (print_dwarf_vma): New function. Display the value of a
181 dwarf_vma type at a specified precision. Use mingw field type
182 specifier if necessary.
183 (display_debug_loc): Use dwarf_vma type for begin and end values.
184 Use print_dwarf_vma to display their values. Use byte_get_signed
185 in order to correctly detect the -1 escape value.
186 (display_debug_aranges): Likewise.
187 (display_debug_ranges): Likewise.
188
189 2008-01-29 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
190
191 * dwarf.c (display_debug_loc): Correct test for base address
192 entry when 64-bit host dumping 32-bit object.
193
194 2008-01-29 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
195
196 * MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as ix86 maintainer. Add for SPU.
197
198 2008-01-28 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
199
200 PR binutils/5529
201 * rclex.c (yylex): Also allow the hypen character.
202
203 2008-01-28 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
204
205 * dwarf.c: Include "elf/common.h".
206 (eh_addr_size): Changed to int.
207 (dwarf_regnames_i386): New.
208 (dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.
209 (dwarf_regnames): Likewise.
210 (dwarf_regnames_count): Likewise.
211 (init_dwarf_regnames): Likewise.
212 (regname): Likewise.
213 (frame_display_row): Properly support different address size.
214 Call regname to get register name.
215 (display_debug_frames): Call regname to get register name.
216 Display DW_CFA_def_cfa_register as DW_CFA_def_cfa_register
217 instead of DW_CFA_def_cfa_reg.
218
219 * dwarf.h (init_dwarf_regnames): New.
220
221 * objdump.c: Include "elf-bfd.h".
222 (dump_dwarf): Call init_dwarf_regnames on ELF input.
223
224 * readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Change argument to int.
225 (parse_args): Remove the undocumented upper case options for
226 -wX.
227 (process_file_header): Call init_dwarf_regnames.
228
229 2008-01-25 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
230
231 * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Add m16c handler.
232 (is_16bit_abs_reloc): Recognize R_M32C_16.
233
234 2008-01-25 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
235
236 * prdbg.c: Correct formatter style use.
237 * readelf.c: Likewise.
238 * strings.c: Likewise.
239
240 2008-01-25 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
241
242 * po/ru.po: Updated Russian translation.
243
244 2008-01-17 H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
245
246 * MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.
247
248 2008-01-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
249
250 * dwarf.c (process_debug_info): Include the CU offset and corrupt
251 version value when reporting unrecognised DWARF version numbers.
252 (load_debug_info): Remember a failed attempt to load and parse the
253 .debug_info section and do not repeat such attempts.
254 (display_debug_lines): Check the return value from load_debug_info
255 and return whilst displaying a warning message if the load failed.
256 (display_debug_loc): Likewise.
257 (display_debug_ranges): Likewise.
258 (DEBUG_INFO_UNAVAILABLE): Value stored in num_debug_info_entries
259 when the .debug_info section could not be loaded/parsed.
260 (process_debug_info): Display the length of the compilation unit
261 in hex, so that it corresponds with the offsets that will follow.
262 Tell the user if the length was 32-bit or 64-bit.
263 If a DIE abbreviation could not be found, tell the user the offset
264 of the DIE.
265 (free_debug_memory): Do not attempt to free any entries in the
266 debug_information array if num_debug_info_entries is set to
267 DEBUG_INFO_UNAVAILABLE.
268
269 2008-01-10 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
270
271 * readelf.c (is_64bit_abs_reloc): Handle R_S390_64.
272
273 2008-01-09 Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames@darkjames.ath.cx>
274
275 PR binutils/55326
276 * bucomm.c (list_supported_architectures): Free architecture list
277 after use.
278 * windres.c (set_endianess): Likewise.
279 * windmc.c (set_endianess): Likewise.
280
281 2008-01-08 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
282
283 PR binutils/5529
284 * binutils/rclex.c: (yylex): Add ':', '_', '\\', and '/' to post
285 characters for name tokens.
286
287 2008-01-04 Greg McGary <greg@mcgary.org>
288
289 * prdbg.c (print_vma): Print as long long, if host supports it.
290
291 2008-01-03 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
292
293 * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Prefix values that are
294 displayed in hexadecimal with 0x.
295 For the DW_AT_import attribute display the abbreviation number and
296 tag of the imported DIE.
297 (process_debug_info): Warn about lengths that reserved by the
298 DWARF3 specification.
299 Provide more information when corrupted DIEs are detected.
300 Warn if DIE corruption makes the sibling level negative.
301
302 For older changes see ChangeLog-2007
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