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From: Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
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Subject: [Patch/committed]: Explain PEF and XSYM files
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:45:00 -0000
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Hi,

I am committing this patch that explains (in a few words) what are the PEF =
and XSYM files.
Just in case (like me) you were/are wondering.

I haven't found any pointers to the now mysterious per xlib format.

Tristan.

bfd/
2012-01-19  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>

	* pef.c: Add a comment.
	* xsym.c: Likewise.

Index: pef.c
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/pef.c,v
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -c -r1.33 pef.c
*** pef.c	11 Jul 2011 15:03:07 -0000	1.33
--- pef.c	19 Jan 2012 11:41:44 -0000
***************
*** 19,24 ****
--- 19,28 ----
     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
     MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
=20=20
+ /* PEF (Preferred Executable Format) is the binary file format for late
+    classic Mac OS versions (before Darwin).  It is supported by both m68k
+    and PowerPc.  It is also called CFM (Code Fragment Manager).  */
+=20
  #include "sysdep.h"
  #include "safe-ctype.h"
  #include "pef.h"
Index: xsym.c
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/xsym.c,v
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -c -r1.30 xsym.c
*** xsym.c	11 Jul 2011 15:03:07 -0000	1.30
--- xsym.c	19 Jan 2012 11:41:45 -0000
***************
*** 19,24 ****
--- 19,26 ----
     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
     MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
=20=20
+ /* xSYM is the debugging format used by CodeWarrior on Mac OS classic.  */
+=20
  #include "alloca-conf.h"
  #include "sysdep.h"
  #include "xsym.h"