Update documentation to reflect that the symbol localization options of objcopy do...

	* doc/binutils.texi (objcopy): Note that the localize symbol
	options do not affect unique symbols.

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index fed99fc93437c38a1b90edcbd59fc8b0ccf69ee1..6346e63d52fbb257a3f94f77d17de52302a211cb 100644 (file)
--- 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 5a564efd665884d936d4685c3993c505b6a37eb4..2f4ea0a358b0b9760a9bfa8b1a7016b2c49ca6b8 100644 (file)
--- 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}