* readelf supports debugging info formats that objdump doesn't...
@ 2003-04-09 4:37 Alexandre Oliva
2003-04-09 4:52 ` Alan Modra
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From: Alexandre Oliva @ 2003-04-09 4:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: binutils
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... so let's suggest users to give it a try. People might assume
that, since objdump and readelf are in the same package, they would
support the same formats, but... Ok to install?
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Index: binutils/ChangeLog
from Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
* doc/binutils.texi (objdump) [--debugging]: Suggest readelf -w
for debugging information types not supported by objdump.
Index: binutils/doc/binutils.texi
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/binutils/doc/binutils.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -p -r1.35 binutils.texi
--- binutils/doc/binutils.texi 5 Apr 2003 08:21:47 -0000 1.35
+++ binutils/doc/binutils.texi 9 Apr 2003 04:35:39 -0000
@@ -1479,6 +1479,8 @@ for more information on demangling.
Display debugging information. This attempts to parse debugging
information stored in the file and print it out using a C like syntax.
Only certain types of debugging information have been implemented.
+Some other types are supported by @command{readelf -w}.
+@xref{readelf}.
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* Re: readelf supports debugging info formats that objdump doesn't...
2003-04-09 4:37 readelf supports debugging info formats that objdump doesn't Alexandre Oliva
@ 2003-04-09 4:52 ` Alan Modra
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From: Alan Modra @ 2003-04-09 4:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexandre Oliva; +Cc: binutils
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 01:37:17AM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> ... so let's suggest users to give it a try. People might assume
> that, since objdump and readelf are in the same package, they would
> support the same formats, but... Ok to install?
OK.
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Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre
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