From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [216.205.24.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39FCA3857832 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:03:21 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 39FCA3857832 Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-37-Gi_H6FY2P6CXNPy42P51tg-1; Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:03:18 -0500 X-MC-Unique: Gi_H6FY2P6CXNPy42P51tg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A4374107ACC7; Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:03:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.36.112.199] (ovpn-112-199.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.199]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0076F5C257; Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:03:15 +0000 (UTC) To: =?UTF-8?Q?Martin_Li=c5=a1ka?= Cc: "binutils@sourceware.org" From: Nick Clifton Subject: RFC: Adding a fixed format output mode to readelf Organization: Red Hat Message-ID: Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:03:14 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:03:25 -0000 Hi Martin, PR 27309 got me thinking about readelf's output, and whilst it is true that we do not make any guarantees about the format or contents of the output it appears that other packages are becoming reliant upon its currently established behaviour. So I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to introduce some kind of fixed format output option, and what exactly this format might look like. Do you have any opinions on the matter ? Cheers Nick