From: Ian Lance Taylor Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 21:34:08 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * objcopy.c (change_leading_char): New static variable. X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=decf286508f94fc223e6b9b2b4020b5d1d8c1bbd;p=binutils-gdb.git * objcopy.c (change_leading_char): New static variable. (OPTION_CHANGE_LEADING_CHAR): Define. (copy_options): Add "change-leading-char". (copy_usage): Mention --change-leading-char. (filter_symbols): Add obfd parameter. Change all callers. Implement change_leading_char. (copy_object): Call filter_symbols if change_leading_char. (copy_main): Handle OPTION_CHANGE_LEADING_CHAR. * binutils.texi, objcopy.1: Document --change-leading-char. --- diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index 9931ad0b2f1..ac482f485e1 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,30 @@ +Fri Sep 13 17:32:21 1996 Ian Lance Taylor + + * objcopy.c (change_leading_char): New static variable. + (OPTION_CHANGE_LEADING_CHAR): Define. + (copy_options): Add "change-leading-char". + (copy_usage): Mention --change-leading-char. + (filter_symbols): Add obfd parameter. Change all callers. + Implement change_leading_char. + (copy_object): Call filter_symbols if change_leading_char. + (copy_main): Handle OPTION_CHANGE_LEADING_CHAR. + * binutils.texi, objcopy.1: Document --change-leading-char. + +Tue Sep 3 14:05:29 1996 Ian Lance Taylor + + * ieee.c (ieee_enum_type): Don't check index into a NULL names + array. + * nm.c (sort_symbols_by_size): Always initialize next. + * rdcoff.c (parse_coff_type): Warn about an incomprehensible + type rather than crashing. + * rddbg.c (read_symbol_stabs_debugging_info): Initialize f. + * stabs.c (parse_stab_members): Set context in all cases. + +Thu Aug 29 16:56:52 1996 Michael Meissner + + * configure.in (i[345]86-*-*): Recognize i686 for pentium pro. + * configure: Regenerate. + Thu Aug 29 11:29:20 1996 Ian Lance Taylor * objdump.c (L_tmpnam): Never define. diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi index 053df4a50d7..ff072afeaab 100644 --- a/binutils/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/binutils.texi @@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ objcopy [ -F @var{bfdname} | --target=@var{bfdname} ] [ --adjust-warnings ] [ --no-adjust-warnings ] [ --set-section-flags=@var{section}=@var{flags} ] [ --add-section=@var{sectionname}=@var{filename} ] - [ --remove-leading-char ] + [ --change-leading-char ] [ --remove-leading-char ] [ -v | --verbose ] [ -V | --version ] [ --help ] @var{infile} [@var{outfile}] @end smallexample @@ -986,13 +986,26 @@ contents of the new section are taken from the file @var{filename}. The size of the section will be the size of the file. This option only works on file formats which can support sections with arbitrary names. +@item --change-leading-char +Some object file formats use special characters at the start of +symbols. The most common such character is underscore, which compilers +often add before every symbol. This option tells @code{objcopy} to +change the leading character of every symbol when it converts between +object file formats. If the object file formats use the same leading +character, this option has no effect. Otherwise, it will add a +character, or remove a character, or change a character, as +appropriate. + @item --remove-leading-char If the first character of a global symbol is a special symbol leading character used by the object file format, remove the character. The most common symbol leading character is underscore. This option will remove a leading underscore from all global symbols. This can be useful if you want to link together objects of different file formats with -different conventions for symbol names. +different conventions for symbol names. This is different from +@code{--change-leading-char} because it always changes the symbol name +when appropriate, regardless of the object file format of the output +file. @item -V @itemx --version diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.1 b/binutils/objcopy.1 index 3276b17d3cc..e83aa74621b 100644 --- a/binutils/objcopy.1 +++ b/binutils/objcopy.1 @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ objcopy \- copy and translate object files .RB "[\|" \-\-no\-adjust\-warnings\fR "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-\-set\-section\-flags=\fIsection=flags\fR "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-\-add\-section=\fIsectionname=filename\fR "\|]" +.RB "[\|" \-\-change\-leading\-char\fR "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-\-remove\-leading\-char\fR "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-v\ |\ \-\-verbose\fR "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-V\ |\ \-\-version\fR "\|]" @@ -219,13 +220,26 @@ The size of the section will be the size of the file. This option only works on file formats which can support sections with arbitrary names. .TP +.B \-\-change\-leading\-char +Some object file formats use special characters at the start of +symbols. The most common such character is underscore, which compilers +often add before every symbol. This option tells +.B objcopy +to change the leading character of every symbol when it converts +between object file formats. If the object file formats use the same +leading character, this option has no effect. Otherwise, it will add +a character, or remove a character, or change a character, as +appropriate. +.TP .B \-\-remove\-leading\-char If the first character of a global symbol is a special symbol leading character used by the object file format, remove the character. The most common symbol leading character is underscore. This option will -remove a leading underscore from all global symbols. This can be useful -if you want to link together objects of different file formats with -different conventions for symbol names. +remove a leading underscore from all global symbols. This can be +useful if you want to link together objects of different file formats +with different conventions for symbol names. This is different from +@code{--change-leading-char} because it always changes the symbol name +when appropriate, regardless of the object file format of the output .TP .B \-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of